Action Quote by Patty Jenkins

There's nothing new about women playing pivotal parts or title roles in films. Women in strong characters have always been accepted. It has been…

— Parineeti Chopra

For me, I believe that just seeing women be strong and tough is not answering the question of what a female hero looks like.…

— Brie Larson

It's difficult to make a movie about a complicated, non-traditional female character. We see a lot more movies with male characters who are at…

— Megan Griffiths

Roles written for women are so much more complex on television. The film world is becoming quite flimsy for women.

— Julianna Margulies

I think there was the studio mentality for a long time that women and girls can relate to a male hero, but boys and…

— Jennifer Lawrence

I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.

— Katee Sackhoff

At one time, especially during the era of action heroes, women took a bit of a secondary role because heroes were doing most of…

— Poonam Dhillon

We haven't evolved a hero story that's female. We're always trying to fit women's stories into this male structure, which is this rising action,…

— Carrie Coon

There aren't a lot of movies being made about women, period. Most of the time, the roles that are available are the sidekick, the…

— Zoe Kazan

But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece.

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

I think the superhero platform gives the female character, you know, a relate-ability for the male audience as well. So, I think that's why…

— Margot Robbie

There are now superhero movies fronted by women, and I think directors generally are moving away from that stereotypical woman's role that is just…

— Eleanor Tomlinson