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Anytime you have a female protagonist, it's going to turn into some feminist angle, and it's not a conscious thing on my part. It's…

— Elisabeth Moss

I think I'm drawn to female characters partly because they don't have as easy or as obvious a relationship to power in society, and…

— Todd Haynes

You know, we have to take these characters - who, granted, have their separate personalities but, on a lot of levels, are pretty two-dimensional…

— Rachael Leigh Cook

I think any character has to be well-rounded, whether they are male or female - they have to be complex and make choices that…

— Cary Fukunaga

I think this is a trait that runs throughout the queer community, the obsession with the hyper-feminine female villains. And we see it in…

— Jinkx Monsoon

Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.

— Zooey Deschanel

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

I guess the characters I play may be at the more destructive edge of the spectrum, more damaged or whatever, but I find a…

— Lili Taylor

I think the idea, first and foremost, is to understand that people may label these characters as villains, but at the end of the…

— Edi Gathegi

Villains are often attractive.

— Ken Stott

I always do a lot of work around characters to make them real people because, oftentimes, they really are a sliver of a person.…

— Andrea Riseborough

I never want to make any characters one-dimensional, especially as women can often be portrayed as the dark one or the evil one.

— Vanessa Kirby