Sara Pascoe Quotes

There are very few shows that show women talking like strong, sassy women. Do you know what I mean? 'Sex and the City' started doing that, and that was why that was such a huge hit.

Women are never the protagonists; we're always reactionary against everything that's done to us. I like people who write for women that have got a bit more about them.

I'm still very interested in telling one-of-a-kind women's stories.

I love stories about women, and I think stories about women are generally pretty underrepresented.

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

Some feminists have this party-line attitude, and they can be very extremist. The most enlightened characters in my film are women.

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.

One of the things that we've tried to do with the 'Guardians' films is to allow the women to be full characters.

One is always attracted to pieces of theatre with great roles for women.

I think despite what we've seen on TV, people like seeing women and knowing about women's stories and their struggles and their truth. I think we've seen it in a lot of these shows - when there's a cast of all women, it does very well.

I think that 'Gilmore Girls' did so many things well, and it was a very feminist show in a time when that wasn't really being portrayed at all.

Whatever your opinion on it, 'Sex And The City' was undeniably a show that told stories where the main focus was on women and not on men.

Decisions just look different with women at the table. We still have a long way to go. The most powerful thing we own is our vote.

I'm a pragmatist. I think, as a woman, you have to be more careful. You have to be more communal, you have to say yes to more things than men, you have to worry about things that men don't have to worry about. But once we get enough women into leadership, we can break stereotypes down. If you lead, you get to decide.

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

My entire career stands on the strong pillars of women-oriented films. This stems from the fact that I am sensitive to the entire aura and mystique of a woman and womanhood.

When people ask me why I am running as a woman, I always answer, 'What choice do I have?'

I'd love to work on a real girl piece with some fabulous actresses. I feel like I've worked with so many men.

There is this idea that you have to play heroines or women who succeed.

The test of civilization is its estimate of women.

I look forward to the day when there are more women politicians accepted in their own right and not as 'women politicians.'

I love stories about women.

'True Detective' would not pass The Bechdel Test.

I want to keep playing strong female roles. I don't mean superheroes, but women who are really alive.