“I want to abolish tags like 'comeback' and 'retirement' that are used to define every married female actor. What is the big deal? In Hollywood, every top actor takes a break, has children, and gets back to work.” WantChildrenBigsUsedActorsDealsBreakMarriedFemaleHollywoodGet BackRetirementBig DealComebackAbolishTagBack To Work Author:Karisma Kapoor
“Monroe, the consummate sexual doll, is empowered to act but afraid to act, perhaps because no amount of acting, however inspired,can convince the actor herself that her ideal female life is not a dreadful form of dying.” FormLife IsActorsActingDyingAmountFemaleIdealsInspiredConvinceEmpoweredDolls Book:Right-wing women: the politics of domesticated females Source: Right-wing women: the politics of domesticated females
“A female's career as an actor is very different from a male's career as an actor. That's just the way it is. So, I'm fascinated by really strong male careers that have inspired me, and also really incredible male roles.” WayDifferentActorsStrongCareersRolesFemaleInspiredMalesIncrediblesFascinated Author:Abbie Cornish
“The sad thing about our society is that women are put in one of two categories. You're either in the beautiful category and you're seen as sexy and beautiful, or some version of that, or you're put into another category... The latter category affords women the opportunity to be smart, funny, independent, mean, strong, intelligent and opinionated. We take them seriously as politicians, if they fit into that latter category. We respect their opinions more and give them higher expectations. That latter category is what allows female actors to be characters.” IfsGivingMeanTwoCharacterBeautifulActorsOpportunityStrongOpinionHigherPoliticianFitSmartExpectationsFemaleIntelligentIndependentSexyVersionsLatterOur SocietyCategoriesBeing SmartOpinionatedSad Things Author:Amber Heard
“Johnny Depp is really my favorite male actor. Ellen Page would be my favorite female actor. Both of them, just because of the diversity that Johnny plays in his roles and just the different characters that he morphs into, it's fantastic.” DifferentPlayCharacterWould BeActorsRolesDiversityPagesFemaleMalesMy FavoriteFantasticDifferent Characters Author:Callan McAuliffe
“I think a lot of female actors have a real fear of not looking their best. They learn to prize their vanity over a role in which they have to look like a moron. They're worried they'll damage their sex appeal. Thankfully, I have no problem looking like a moron!” ThinkingLooksRealProblemActorsSexRolesFemaleVanityAppealsWorriedDamagePrizeNo ProblemMoronSex Appeal Author:Emma Stone
“The world we live in is made up of polar opposites, black/white, male/female, night/day, and a human being who possesses both masculine and feminine – vulnerability and strength – is intriguing to us, whether they be a singer or actor or dancer, intrigues us, because THAT Is who we really are.” WorldHumansMadeNightActorsBlackHuman BeingsWhiteFemaleOppositesMalesSingersVulnerabilityDancerFeminineIntrigueMasculineIntriguingBlack WhiteMasculine And FemininePolar OppositesMale Female Author:RuPaul
“Any advice I could give to female directors would be the same as for males: There will be endless difficulties, some seemingly defeating, on your way. That's a given. Just wipe out the very notion of stress. Concentrate on your actors. Obsess about your story and the world it is anchored in. Deal with the hundreds of down-to-earth issues [around] the existence of your film. At some point, everything will be ripe. And you wouldn't be able to stop your film from coming to life even if you wanted to.” IfsWorldWayGivingStoriesWould BeAbleWantedEarthFilmActorsGivenDealsExistenceIssuesAdviceDirectorsFemaleDifficultyStressMalesNotionEndlessWipeRipeDown To Earth Author:Deniz Gamze Erguven
“I have never acted he has never been cast in a romantic lead or has been cast opposite a female love interest in any movie he starred in.” Has BeensActorsInterestFemaleOppositesCastsMovie Author:Morgan Freeman
“I think there will always be a double standard between males and females, so I think that an actress is more likely to protect her public persona, so to speak, than an actor would be.” ThinkingWould BeActorsSpeakProtectStandardsFemaleMalesActressesPersonaDouble Standard Author:Mila Kunis
“Hollywood is designed to check the box office on Monday morning and see: "How'd we do? How much?" It's another facet of this whole culture of accumulation and consumption. Black people are caught up in it, white people are caught up in it, white actors, black actors, female actresses - everybody's caught up in it.” PeopleWholeCultureActorsBlackWhiteMorningOfficeFemaleHollywoodCaughtBoxesActressesChecksBlack PeopleConsumptionCaught UpMondayAccumulationFacetsMonday MorningBox Office Author:Danny Glover
“But, for the role of Sarah Linden, we saw everybody. Everybody wanted this role. Every female actor in town really wanted to play a real woman and be in this drama. It was incredible that all these women were coming in. And then, Mireille [Enos] walked in the door and she was reading the lines that I had written, and I saw her in that field. I was like, "Wow, she's the one."” RealPlayWantedReadingActorsLinesRolesSawsWrittenDoorsFieldsDramaFemaleTownsIncrediblesWowReal Women Author:Veena Sud
“In order to make a movie it isn't enough to have a script, it isn't enough to have a director, it isn't enough to have a male actor and a female actor, it isn't enough to have financing. You have to have them all at the same instant.” EnoughOrderActorsDirectorsFemaleMalesScriptsInstantFinancing Author:Lester Persky
“In my life I do look up to actors, at my age I ask myself, who else is playing interesting parts at my age which is very difficult for a female actor. On top of it, being a minority, having come from China makes it harder.” LooksAgeActorsAsksDifficultInterestingFemaleHarderChinaLook UpMinorities Author:Joan Chen
“It's rare that you get to work with actors, female or not, where you all get along. Just because of the nature of humanity.” HumanityActorsFemale Author:Shailene Woodley
“Female directors, directors of color are a big thing for me, which are both important voices and potent voices that need to be heard. That's how I want to engage myself as an actor going forward.” WantNeedsImportantBigsActorsVoiceHeardColorDirectorsFemaleBig Things Author:David Oyelowo
“Hollywood is a very strong machine that needs, and in... especially with female actors, fresh flesh. It's that cruel. But that's the way it is.” WayNeedsActorsStrongFemaleHollywoodMachinesFleshVery Strong Author:Antonio Banderas