Katharine Ross Quotes

A woman my age is not supposed to be attractive or sexually appealing. I just get kinda tired of that.

I was never offended that people underestimated me because of my appearance or that they thought I was pretty and discouraged me from fighting because they didn't want me to risk hurting my looks.

Confidence in a bloke would be arrogance in a woman. For years, I didn't give interviews because I was scared of people judging me or thinking I was arrogant.

Men are very tough, very critical of me. I think they expect you to basically just be a picture. They don't want to hear you speak.

Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.

When I joined Bollywood, I too wanted decent and challenging roles but there were no offers. Directors and producers look at me as a woman who is willing to expose and that is the only reason they want to sign me.

In this business, certainly it's a lot crazier for women than it is for men, but there's such a thing where there's a lot of judgment on the way you look and on your body.

As a woman people judge you on your looks regardless of the fact you're just there to race.

Sexism - you can't be sexy and intelligent. It's not allowed.

Most female actresses will have a very difficult time being made unattractive.

Being beautiful is not so fun when you're in a business with all men.

I'm not going to lie - it's insulting to be praised for being a 'woman' with 'no college degree.'

What is frustrating is being told that no matter how hard I've worked, it counts less than my appearance. Although if you're not considered conventionally attractive, that also becomes an issue: you know, you're a feminist because you couldn't get a man.

It seems women are expected to be so much more than men, which means we have to work that much harder. We're the ones under the microscope. We're expected to sound perfect. We're expected to look perfect all the time. We're expected to be style-setters, whereas the boys roll onto the stage in their jeans, T-shirts and baseball caps.

People make such a big deal about how people in bands look, especially if you're a girl.

The industry is quite chauvinistic generally. Expectations of women, girls, what they should look like, how they should be, what they should say, what they should wear, how their hair should be, what colour their skin should be.

Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.

Film is not a woman's medium. If you weren't the hottest kid in town, men stayed away from you.

Because I'm a woman, and I'm petite and blonde, you wouldn't believe how often I'm asked to model the clothes.

Women didn't want to be on the stage with other women because they didn't want their bodies to be compared. They didn't want another female act opening for them because of this weird competitive and tokenistic attitude.

This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.

Women are liked better when they lose.

If being an attractive woman got you attention for directing, then the entire 'best director' category would be comprised of models. To me, that is just the most ludicrous connection that you could make.

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes." They will say, "Women don't have what it takes.”