Phyllida Lloyd Quotes

Every single one of us who has been a 'Woman in Film' for more than five minutes is sick of the phrase 'Women in Film.'

I do all these panels where people are always talking about the lack of female directors, and I have a lot of opinions on that.

It felt amazing to be one of a handful working female directors in Hollywood.

I'm sure it's more difficult for women to make movies, especially because, in general, the kind of movies women want to make aren't necessarily going to be blockbusters. But you know, there are so few women in so many positions of power.

Regardless of the business aspect of things, is there a reason that there isn't a female Hitchcock or a female Scorsese or a female Spielberg? I don't know. I think it's a medium that really is built for the male gaze and for a male sensibility.

I've always been slightly hesitant about generalizing movies made by men and women being different in their nature; I think movies by each director are different. Having said that, I think that it's kind of disgraceful that there aren't more female directors.

I never wanted to be an actress who complained about the lack of roles for women.

If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.

There are really very few roles for women in films in which you can also make a living.

The most frustrating thing is picking up a script and loving the roles in it except the female ones... It's really annoying and something I've striven to change in the industry.

If a studio sees that a female can bring in audiences, then they're going to make movies with that person.

I've worked with so few female directors.

For female directors, there's a whole other set of things we have to think about, particularly when we are casting men, because there are some actors who have never been directed by a woman. Crew members, too.

In '39, they had no problem with it. But today, there's a huge issue with a movie that has no male movie stars.

You get angry and frustrated wondering, 'Are there enough parts for women?'

I just knew: first-time female on ESPN, there's going to be some backlash, like any change. There's always going to be resistance. There are going to be people that hear a female voice or see a female figure and are completely against it.

I have been the only female minister in every government department I've worked in.

When I was an undergraduate in Film & TV at NYU/Tisch School of the Arts, most of the projects I shot had male directors, and only a few had female directors.

People have to fix whatever bias they have, and I see this bias consistently, all the time, towards women directors. They're just not being trusted with action.

I think it's good that we're talking about it, but I think there's still a gendered nature to the way that people see female directors' skill sets. And I think we need to keep examining that. I don't know if people know how complicated the issue really is.

I'd like to play passionate women, but no one will let me.

I would not like to be the only woman on the court.

I think that women are underrepresented behind the camera as directors.

In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious.

The whole world is starting to realize that it was the most unwise thing for our society to have ignored women power, to run the society with male priorities.