Believe Quote by Pooja Batra

I am not against two-heroine films.

— Anushka Sharma

I believe that every single person attached to a film is a character and nothing more. I don't categorize them as hero, heroine, etc.

— Anupama Parameswaran

Oftentimes in films, the female character, if she's not the protagonist - and often, even if she is - feels like an imitation of…

— Tessa Thompson

I don't start a film with the heroine but with the cinema subject. If there is a woman in the story, she has to…

— Satyajit Ray

In commercial cinema, roles for heroines are limited to being simple or glamorous. I don't want to fall into an image trap.

— Tamannaah

I think all of my male characters, I suppose, in all of my films, they're not necessarily the traditional version of masculinity.

— Andrew Haigh

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

It's not just about casting female protagonists. It's gotta be across the board throughout the industry.

— Kathleen Kennedy

Most mainstream male fiction is littered with heroines, and female characters are basically so great, you want to fall in love with them.

— Iain Banks

I don't subscribe to the idea of a first and second heroine. I go by if a role is strong.

— Catherine Tresa

I come from a space where I wouldn't say all, but most of the films have really shortchanged women. I don't mean just the…

— Zoya Akhtar

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

— Sarah Michelle Gellar