Andrea Riseborough Quotes

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.

A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.

When women do take on traditionally male subjects, certain male colleagues can seem affronted that a woman has dared to trespass on their subject. I could given you dozens of examples, but here's one: Max Hastings's review in the 'Sunday Times' in 2009 of Miranda Carter's book 'The Three Emperors'.

I've always been sure of my vision, but I've been in meetings where men have been talking about me like I'm not there... I've been told I should be a certain way, and I wondered if that would have been the case if I was a man.

A man is commanding - a woman is demanding. A man is forceful - a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising - a woman is a ball-breaker. A man is a perfectionist - a woman's a pain in the ass. He's assertive - she's aggressive. He strategizes - she manipulates. He shows leadership - she's controlling. He's committed - she's obsessed. He's persevering - she's relentless. He sticks to his guns - she's stubborn. If a man wants to get it right, he's looked up to and respected. If a woman wants to get it right, she's difficult and impossible.

Often, women as little girls are sent off on a track for them to live a perfect life and be a perfect woman. Not for boys, who can be themselves with their mood and their temper.

What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.

It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.

When I was born, some of our relatives came to our house and told my mother, 'Don't worry, next time you will have a son.'

Once again, no one in charge had given any thought to the possibility that a woman would be involved.

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

The much vaunted male logic isn't logical, because they display prejudices against half the human race that are considered prejudices according to any dictionary definition.

I don't like the term 'chick flick.' I think it denigrates a movie. It has overtones of talking down to women, like they are second best.

It was not easy to get to where I am. My challenge is to learn to deal with the jokes that are common among men that I heard and continue to hear sometimes among men.

I think where men are credited for being strong, women are divas. I just think it's such a cop out.

Bad behaviour makes men more glamorous. Women get destroyed, thrown out of society and locked up in institutions.

Nothing's worse than a woman know-it-all.

I was called a misogynist because I was reducing women to mothers. 'Reducing women to mothers' - now there is possibly the most anti-women statement I've heard.

No doubt exists that all women are crazy; it's only a question of degree.

Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

There are still people who have an issue working with a woman director. Women can be viewed as 'difficult' even though they work in the same way as men.

If you're a man and you ask questions, you're a genius; if you're a woman, you're difficult.

As a female, you are often being asked by directors to be warmer, softer, flirt more, smile more etc... None of those things are bad, and obviously we are capable of a variety of human behavior, but it gets really old having to play into somebody's stereotype or ideal.

Is it fair to treat a woman worse than a man, and then revile her because she is a woman?