Sayani Gupta Quotes

The women I cast have to embody all sorts of contradictions... I have to find the right woman to speak to other women.

Identifying with a character is one of the best parts of seeing a movie, but as women, we've had to train ourselves to experience the male journey.

I like any film where the female characters are complex and have a functioning imperfection.

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

I'm drawn to female characters; not all of them are strong characters.

I think that the audience wants to see women being put into real situations where they can relate to them, rather than seeing some glamorous woman in a 'Bond' film.

I love telling stories; I always have, and I think women need to be more proactive about telling their own stories and sharing their points of view.

When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me.

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

Some of my favorite actresses are Cate Blanchett, I love her. I love Zoe Saldana, and Julianne Moore is one of my favorites. I like women who choose diverse roles and have that strength, which I think all women have but some women embrace it, present it, and live in it.

I love strong women in films that are allowed to play women and not male fantasies.

'Girls' is one of my favorite shows of all time. One of the things I love about Lena Dunham and Jenji Kohan and Shonda Rhimes is that they're all willing to show complex, amazing women.

The big takeaway I got from 'Thelma & Louise' was the reaction of women who had seen the movie being so profound, so different. It was overwhelming, and it made me realise how few opportunities we give women to feel excited and empowered by female characters, to come out of a movie pumped.

There are still movies where females are just there to be cool, or they are there to lambaste their husbands and scold. But female comedy characters are changing for the better.

In terms of 'Beyond the Lights' and 'Belle,' they're definitely stories about identity. They're female empowerment stories. So I'm exploring that through my work.

I just love strong female characters in general, not necessarily because, 'She's evil' or 'Oh, because she's good.'

I would love to do a chick flick sometime soon, a film with strong female characters - when I say strong, I don't mean that they are changing the world, but just be real women.

I think women can tell the most profound and interesting and fascinating stories.

I think it's very refreshing to see women in cinema having strength and their own independent storyline.

'Splendour' broke through to new territory for me. It exposed my commitment to writing for women: my desire to recognise that they can be as aggressive, violent, mercurial, and complex as men.

I believe in Wonder Woman and the true spirit of Wonder Woman, and I wanted to tell that story. I didn't want to make her an alt version of Wonder Woman.

Though the characters I have played are all very different, they are all strong, interesting women.

Part of the joy of my career, for me, has been giving these iconic females a bit of shading of that unapologetic female vibe. I think it's an interesting approach.

I'll never get bored of seeing flawed women on the screen.

I want women on-screen that we all either want to be, or we know, or we recognize.