Sandra Bullock Quotes

Every single one of us who has been a 'Woman in Film' for more than five minutes is sick of the phrase 'Women in Film.'

There aren't good roles for women: the female parts aren't developed: the women are serving the men.

There are really very few roles for women in films in which you can also make a living.

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.

Most critics of gender division are women, and they're worried about girls and the roles presented for them by gendered entertainments. They are quite right to be. Telling girls that the cars and the guns are beyond their domain of expertise, and that they should content themselves with clothes and friendships, is limiting.

I feel like it's harder to get women to show up for movies.

The most frustrating thing is picking up a script and loving the roles in it except the female ones... It's really annoying and something I've striven to change in the industry.

In '39, they had no problem with it. But today, there's a huge issue with a movie that has no male movie stars.

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

After graduating, I was shooting as well as working as a key grip, and I often found myself the only female out of the whole crew, except for producers and the occasional AC.

Women's roles in the movies remain, for the most part, girlfriends, mothers, wives.

I'm not sure if I should say this, and it might sound arrogant of me, but I think there is a tendency to view female characters as consumer products.

The audience simply don't find a heroine picking a fight with 10 guys as convincing as a hero. So the industry always sticks to psychological thrillers and ghost movies for heroine-oriented projects and this can sustain only for a short time.

All writers are battling and fighting as to how a woman should be characterised.

I would not like to be the only woman on the court.

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

A lot of times, I get asked, 'Do you feel you have a responsibility to young girls to be a role model?' I don't see that happening as much to guys. I feel like, just because I'm a girl, I'm supposed to take more responsibility? Is that how it works?

When my friends and I would act out movies as kids, we'd play the guys' roles, since they had the most interesting things to do. Decades later, I can hardly believe my sons and daughter are seeing many of the same limited choices in current films.

We often see literature about women that impair and immerse the women themselves, such as when women are portrayed as objects of consumerism.

It's not fair that there aren't very many juicy or varied roles for women.

I have always been interested in gender politics, so I'm not that keen on doing things that don't represent a truth about women.

People are always telling me that boys won't go to girls' movies and vice versa. It's not true.

Women remain dramatically under-represented as characters in film when compared to their representation in the U.S. population.

Sometimes I try to sell shows with a female lead to networks, and that isn't something that's been a proven formula for them, so they reject it. I do feel like men get the funniest roles in movies.

There have been a few times when I've read a script and it's really cool but the girl character's just kind of pathetic. It's not going to do me any favours just being 'the girl' in a cool movie.