Felicity Jones Quotes

I want men to be asking to play great female parts!

You know, right now, they say - I don't know who says this, but somebody told me - there's three male roles to every female role. And I guess I'd work on evening that up. Making great roles for women. It's just such a huge challenge.

We can celebrate how far we've come from our sexist past when women and men are equally represented in the pages of science fiction anthologies.

For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected.

We're showing kids a world that is very scantily populated with women and female characters. They should see female characters taking up half the planet, which we do.

I want there to be tons and tons and tons and tons of movies starring women.

We try and give as much diversity to our show as possible. That's something that's very strong in our show: there are so many strong female leads in 'The 100.'

It's not often that a strong female role comes across one's desk, unfortunately, but it's getting better.

People keep saying how amazing it is having a female lead, and I just sort of feel, 'Well, of course!'

I love the women I've played.

Actresses have always been in a position of power.

I'm just hoping that as I get older, and as more and more movies get made by female directors, what we start to see is how, in the same way good male directors get a shot at creating interesting male and female characters, women do as well.

I believe in gender equality and I love that I can represent strong modern-day women.

I am not here for women only, but also for women.

I'm just so glad that girl power is working in Hollywood.

I was very proud, on just my second day in office, to appoint a gender-balanced cabinet - one of only three in the developed world.

I love Amy Adams. She is wonderful. Evan Rachel Wood is a blast. I am also really excited about Ari Graynor from 'Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist' and 'American Crime.' I think it is an exciting time for young women in this industry. I am excited to make my own path.

We don't want to be our own niche. We're filmmakers like everybody. How many years in a row are we going to talk about the fact that we make films and we are women? Enough already.

The world needs more women filmmakers, so we have to keep encouraging ourselves and one another, and eventually things must get easier for us.

I want to see 10 female rappers getting regular rotation. It can't be all about a man's opinion.

I'm definitely looking forward to doing a film one day with more female actors.

One of my favourite actresses is Kate Winslet. She plays strong female characters and seems like she has a strong political awareness. I really like Naomi Watts and Juliette Lewis.

If we think that our daughters ought to be in Congress next to our sons, we'd better let our sons know that now, so that they get prepared to have women as colleagues.

I think it will be great if we have more female directors in the world.

I feel like every year there's a thing about 'not enough roles for ladies!' and, then, also an article, like 'The Year of The Woman.' I think that we all just know in our hearts they're underrepresented. But that doesn't mean that there aren't amazing moments.