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Every casting director I've met is a woman.

— Cameron Diaz

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've had some great times with actresses, but that's in a movie.

— Clive Owen

I love directors who aren't going back to the stereotypes, who are helping write and create roles for women that are not in the…

— Sheryl Lee

Lars von Trier is very, very, very clever about women. He gives the woman a space that I don't know any filmmaker does. Because…

— Chantal Akerman

I think of myself more as a character actor than that ingenue leading lady, who started out something like Michelle Pfeiffer, or Jessica Lange.…

— Joan Allen

“When I was a kid I adored Katharine Hepburn, especially when she played Jo, the ballsy sister in Little Women. All the kids in…

— Ray Hagen

In Hollywood, only a female who's massively damaged is interesting.

— Debra Granik

It's not that I only want to make films about women, but from my experience, I have been very interested in the women who…

— Sebastian Lelio

I feel like one of the most successful heroines in science-fiction cinema is Sigourney Weaver in 'Aliens' - I love her, and as a…

— Gareth Edwards

One of the most interesting female characters I've written about was Meg Riddoch, the lead character in 'The Thompson Gunner'.

— Nick Earls

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