Sandra Bullock Quotes

I kind of feel like every time I do a film, it is me and an entire male ensemble cast.

There are still so many movies made starring 50 men and one woman! A white male actor should never be allowed to complain about anything. Shut up and sit in the corner. I mean, seriously!

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

I prefer the Telugu film industry, as women are respected more than they are in the Tamil film industry. In Tamil cinema, they care only about their hero, who is God.

Guys pit female rappers against each other because female rappers - if you haven't noticed of late - are a lot more interesting than guys.

If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.

If you are a 19-year-old woman, there are very specific things that directors and the people in positions of power in the industry - who tend to be older men - are going to want you to be and do. They are not going to want some chatty, difficult, slightly spoilt girl.

Being sensitive to the problem of women is just another symptom of the quality of movies: I don't think you can do anything that's very sensitive. Everything's sort of broad strokes and big gestures - adventure things that boys, guys want to see.

There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that is ruled by men.

God as 'He,' as a patriarchal thing, is offensive to me. It's standard fare for America, 'He, He, He.' Every time I hear that it's like another blow against females. It's very radical talk at this point for females to say this kind of stuff, but nationwide I still hear females referring to God as 'He.'

For some reason, men in politics seem to have a bunch of charisma, and women drop around their feet. I haven't noticed that so much for me and men.

I think women are sick and tired of being portrayed as victims, a lot of the time anyway, the bulk of their time on film.

Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.

In any film, there are 10 male roles for 1 female role, especially in the action films. They're heavy with the guys.

My films are about ideals that clash with the world. Every time it's a man in the lead, they have forgotten about the ideals. And every time it's a woman in the lead, they take the ideals all the way.

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

It is odd there are many movies with many men. But generally movies have one woman, or maybe the older woman and the younger girl.

I hate it when people don't recognize the work of women as being universal, or having any import to the world at large, as opposed to men's work, which is generally tends to be seen as more universal - men's writing about their own experience tends to be put in a broader context.

Sometimes it's more difficult to exist as a female lead, especially in action movies because all those men are around you. They take so much place.

There are so many more roles for men than there are for women.

Cinematic icons of the police detective are more male role models than female.

I am not somebody who goes around saying men are superior or that male writers are superior. In fact, I really go out of my way to champion women's work that I think is not getting enough attention. None of that is ever enough. Because a villain is needed. It's like there's no way to make myself not male.

Most parts for women have them reacting to something a man has done. Women never instigate any action; they only react it. We women have become accustomed to doing that.

Why is it when a woman makes a film or a movie stars a female cast it is labeled women-centric because it is not white, male and middle-class men?

Boys have always known they could do anything; all they had to do was look around at their presidents, religious leaders, professional athletes, at the statues that stand erect in big cities and small. Girls have always known they were allowed to feel anything - except anger.