Kelly Reilly Quotes

As an actress, to get to work on a project where the main focus is the female voice is rare!

There are a lot of women - directors, producers, writers - involved in my career. They are all interested in telling good stories, and good stories involve men and women.

I wish that there were more female driven films, female-centric films being made.

I can say I love working with women. Film is a man's world, and I really appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with women, especially young women.

Get more women producers, writers, directors. Why should we expect men to do it for us? They can't.

Some of the best roles are for women in these independent, smaller movies.

There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible.

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

I would love to be directed by more women.

I love women. I've always cared about making movies about women my entire career.

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

I've always known that I'll have a career for the rest of my life because they'll always make movies about men, and men need women in their lives. But, when it comes to telling a woman's story, they're complex, circular, and not genre-driven.

Disney has proved without a shadow of a doubt that movies with a female lead work.

I have very much been a guy who's acknowledged how many women have directed me, have produced... it's been unbelievable.

Usually, if there is a woman's part in a piece, there's only one, so you've got no other actresses to work with.

One of the things I think I can do in my lifetime is stop to remind myself that - and keep affirming that - women can sell movies.

Audiences want to watch heroine-oriented films, and even writers are writing scripts for women. I am very happy to see this change.

With films like 'NH-10' and 'Phillauri,' what Anushka Sharma is doing, or what Shraddha Kapoor and Vidya Balan are doing with their films, the industry is changing for women.

When I became the first woman to represent the state of Texas in the United State Senate, it was with the help of a lot of women - and a large number of men, too.

I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing '9 to 5' was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it's so rarely in the hands of women.

We thought we'd write a good script for women, giving them the fun roles that generally men get.

Every company I know is looking for more women at the table. Every board is looking for more women at the table. There's a reason why men want to understand the challenges women face, address them, because then they're going to be better hirers, attracters and retainers of women.

I would love to see women be able to be powerful, complex, smart, opinionated and taken seriously, even if they are beautiful. Even more, I would love to see women held to different standards, other than the superficial ones that we're held to.

My goal when I make my show is to make a show for women. I don't make a show for men.

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.