Mamie Gummer Quotes

I go into every film not just wanting to play the hot girl in the movie. It kills me.

I read so many scripts, and it's not really exciting to just be the girlfriend.

The media had built my perception of being a strong woman because of my personal life. I wanted to play the damsel in distress, but I wasn't given an opportunity to explore that kind of a character.

As women, we tend to take the easy way out in showbiz. I have done movies where all I did was look pretty in every frame.

There is this idea that you have to play heroines or women who succeed.

I don't really want to just play the girlfriend or the love interest. I get so many scripts like that, and - not to moan, because I'm really fortunate - but I just look at those scripts, and my heart sinks a little bit because I think there's so much more to us than that.

I seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong women. It's like people see Hackers and they send me offers to play tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top. I'd like to play strong women who are also very feminine.

I became interested in educating people in the variety of ways in which women can express their emotion. Which is much easier to do in a large role than in a supporting role to a male protagonist. In general, the women in a supporting role to a male protagonist - cry a lot.

A lot of animated movies in the past have sort of relied on these archaic tropes on what the female characters in those movies can be and who they are.

Just like how male actors get to play varied characters, I would also like to play characters that people don't normally see female characters portraying on screen.

We thought we'd write a good script for women, giving them the fun roles that generally men get.

We don't have enough young, female antiheroes. We don't accept women as antiheroes the way we do the men.

I think that Hollywood misconstrues actresses saying, 'Oh I wanna play a strong female character,' like we all want to play, like, superheroes or something.

There's no need for a female character that does things like a male character; that's not what makes interesting female characters in my view.

There have been a few times when I've read a script and it's really cool but the girl character's just kind of pathetic. It's not going to do me any favours just being 'the girl' in a cool movie.

I don't believe that a female character needs to surrender her femininity in order to be an action hero.

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

We 'chicks' have munched our popcorn while romantic comedies became just comedies, and then each female protagonist got recast for Matthew McConaughey or Seth Rogan.

I get really excited every time there's a female character who is really strong because a lot of females in film are really soft.

It's still not easy to find roles that offer more complex images of women.

There aren't enough good roles for strong women. I wish we had more female writers. Most of the female characters you see in films today are the 'poor heartbroken girl.'

Frankly, 'Bride Wars' got made because movies with women need to be about weddings and love.

I do think that character types trend. As a female comedian, the parts that come my way are often terrible women.

Women just make interesting characters, especially when you're working against cliches.

I'm so bored of reading scripts with these wonderfully complex male roles, yet the woman character just sits on the bed waiting for him to come home.