Character Quote by Lara Pulver

I also really pay attention to whether the script embodies a full female character or if they're just wanting a two-dimensional objectified woman. So…

— Karla Souza

I really get fired up with female protagonists. I can really feel the difference in myself when I am writing a script that has…

— Linda Woolverton

I was reading through endless junk scripts that were being sent my way. Typically the roles were to play his wife or his girlfriend…

— Roma Downey

We thought we'd write a good script for women, giving them the fun roles that generally men get.

— Andy Wachowski

There has to be this balance of reality for a woman. I don't want to play women who just serve a purpose for the…

— Kristen Bell

It's incredibly frustrating to constantly read scripts where you're the girlfriend who is there to further the man's storyline.

— Phoebe Fox

When I read the script, I was like, Hello, woman in a box. I had to explore that to the end.

— Sherilyn Fenn

I think you leave your imprint on every screenplay. I like to bring my experience as a woman to all my female characters that…

— Allison Schroeder

So many women characters are extensions of male fantasy.

— Viola Davis

Often, I'll read a script and the female character's an extension or serves some sort of purpose in terms of the male character's narrative…

— Andrea Riseborough

I do see a lot of roles that are, like, the girlfriend or the love interest or the girl next door. Maybe not totally…

— Natalia Dyer

Honestly, Think Like a Man was the first romantic comedy that I liked. I'd kind of avoided them for awhile because I never felt…

— Michael Ealy