Accepted Quote by Kathleen Turner

I spent most of my 20s working as an actor. I started writing and directing because I was frustrated with the types of roles…

— Marielle Heller

It remains an incredible struggle for women in theater, and, in particular, playwrights and directors, to get their work seen and to not only…

— Lynn Nottage

I was 28 before I started putting on productions. I got in the back door by doing fringe shows and a lot of assisting,…

— Marianne Elliott

When I started in the theater, I'd do plays by Shakespeare or Ibsen or Chekhov, and they all created great women's roles.

— Annette Bening

It was hard to be taken seriously being model-turned-actress. I needed to work on my acting chops. There are so few parts available that…

— Amber Valletta

My whole drive to be an actor was finding roles that I really believed represent modern women, the struggles that we deal with. Women…

— Reese Witherspoon

One is always attracted to pieces of theatre with great roles for women.

— Phyllida Lloyd

The cool thing is that, unlike film, the theatre roles for women get better and better as you get older.

— Idina Menzel

My long-term goal is to play a drag role or a female role in a Broadway production.

— Jinkx Monsoon

One of the things I do tell young women, if they want to pursue a career in acting, is to get good stage training.…

— Kathleen Turner

I wanted to be a Broadway actress; I was always interested in music and theater.

— Randi Zuckerberg

I would like to know that I was still going to be employed as a woman well into my 60s. In acting terms, a…

— Romola Garai