“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 that point in their lives, but not that many about females.” CharacterDifficultFemaleMalesComplicatedTraditionalFemale Characters Author:Megan Griffiths
“My husband [Julius Tennon] and I started a production company. We've already optioned a book and some scripts to do exactly that, to create more complicated, multi-faceted roles for African-Americans, especially African-American females. I think it's important.” ThinkingImportantBookCompanyRolesHusbandFemaleScriptsProductionsComplicatedAfrican AmericanMy HusbandJulius Author:Viola Davis
“Part of what we'll have to figure out is what do you call the male spouse of a female president? Now, it's a little bit more complicated with him because people still call former presidents Mr. President.” PeopleLittlesStillsBitsPresidentFiguresLittle BitFemaleMalesComplicatedFormerSpouseFemale President Author:Hillary Clinton
“Feminism and issues surrounding being female in the world, always, but particularly right now at this complicated cultural moment. It's a huge part of what's important to me.” WorldImportantMomentsIssuesFeminismHugeRight NowFemaleComplicatedWhat's Important Author:Lena Dunham
“"Summer Sisters" was actually was a huge influence on "Girls" because it was the first thing I ever consumed that sort of looked at the way that female friendship can be glorious and can be complicated and can be so like a worse betrayal than something romantic and it just showed these archetypes of femininity than totally sort of individuated them and exploded them.” WayFirstsGirlInfluenceHugeSummerFemaleComplicatedBetrayalGloriousFemininityConsumedArchetypeFemale Friendship Author:Judy Blume
“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 only recently that that's been pointed out by the media . . . or pointed out by fans. I also find complicated, flawed characters interesting. What's the opposite? To play one-dimensional, boring failures?” CharacterInterestingConsciousFemaleFeministBoringComplicatedFlawed Author:Elisabeth Moss
“Being on a show with a female lead is amazing for me. I love that. I love the powerful woman who's complicated. There's no push to be one thing or another thing. It's all human. That's what you look for as an actor: characters written and portrayed in the most human way possible.” CharacterPowerfulFemaleComplicatedPowerful Women Author:Aja Naomi King
“Female ambition is such a complicated thing to play because it is an aggressive quality, and people respond very badly to women exhibiting any kind of aggression.” PeopleKindPlayQualityAmbitionFemaleComplicatedAggressiveAggressionComplicated Things Author:Romola Garai