Character Quote by Julie Taymor

Sometimes it's more difficult to exist as a female lead, especially in action movies because all those men are around you. They take so…

— Monica Bellucci

I don't set out to write female lead shows, necessarily. I like deeply flawed characters. When they come to me, or when I'm introduced…

— Jenji Kohan

The problem I have these days is that women are often cast in a role - as a police officer, for example - and…

— Kathy Bates

Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that even when I play the wife…

— Madchen Amick

Sometimes, there can be a slightly condescending assumption that anything unlikable about a female character is a mistake, as if they're a contestant in…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

It's often women who are writing leading roles for women. Most of the stuff that comes my way is not actually about women. I'm…

— Carrie Coon

When we create female characters, I think often there is a tendency to kind of make female characters emotionally bulletproof.

— Ashly Burch

It's hard to find female leads that are flawed and interesting and dynamic.

— Rashida Jones

I was used to being the only woman in everything... I didn't even think about it. Men were my role models - there's nothing…

— Frances Arnold

When a woman creates an unlikable character, a lot of people think it's a mistake.

— Karin Slaughter

People have to fix whatever bias they have, and I see this bias consistently, all the time, towards women directors. They're just not being…

— Lexi Alexander

In terms of showing their emotions and acting on them, my women characters are a lot more advanced than the men.

— Kent Haruf