Ambitious Quote by Suhasini Maniratnam

Women have to take more control of their careers. They can't just wait to be cast in a film.

— Richard LaGravenese

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

— Julianna Margulies

American commercial cinema has long been dominated by men, but I don’t think there has ever been another time when women have been as…

— Manohla Dargis

You can point to a lot of women showrunners that have had long and successful careers. In terms of the kinds of movies that…

— Callie Khouri

People are saying we need more females in our industry and we need more female-driven stories, but that takes the men of bankable star…

— Rosamund Pike

Get more women producers, writers, directors. Why should we expect men to do it for us? They can't

— Kathleen Turner

The movie industry is failing women. And until the industry starts making serious changes, nothing is going to change.

— Manohla Dargis

Women often get ignored from main narrative, especially in films.

— Rasika Dugal

I don't understand why there aren't more powerful female directors. I don't have the answers, but I hope that things may start to shift…

— Sam Taylor-Johnson

And perhaps, those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films, with women at the center…

— Cate Blanchett

It's very difficult to figure out, for me, what stops really talented young female filmmakers from having the kind of careers that their really…

— Karyn Kusama

I think it would be great to have more female directors making huge-budget movies.

— Jon Watts