Florence Pugh Quotes

We're making this as entertainment. But God willing, if this show stays on and people see a woman in that office for a while, I think it will help people become more used to it. It's certainly about time that we had a few female presidents.

I don't think about the gender thing very much. But when I speak at schools, I've had female students say to me afterwards, "I never envisioned myself being a director, since I've never seen women do it." But after seeing me, they can picture themselves directing, so maybe we'll see more female directors.

It actually was a complete departure having a woman playing M. I didn't realize at the time that it would be so noticed.

Joss Whedon is a hero of mine, and what he's done for women in film and television, particularly when it comes to writing female roles that would typically go to a man, is awesome.

I won't take parts where the female character has no substance.

I don't know why I am not offered woman-oriented films. Films like 'Satrangee Re' went house-full at some centres, but I didn't have much to do in the film. Everyone came up to me and said that I looked pretty but nothing beyond that.

I shy away from doing heroine-dominated subjects.

It's so rare that you actually get to find a really well-written female lead.

It felt amazing to be one of a handful working female directors in Hollywood.

Sometimes I take a movie selfishly because it's a female lead.

You know, Mamet is not a huge writer of female parts. Most of his movies don't even have women in them, so I'm lucky I'm in it at all.

We ought to have more women in various management positions, because women are the ones who decide almost everything in the home.

The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor.

Often, as a young actress, you find yourself being the only girl in a room full of men... and one of the reasons why I like 'Grey's Anatomy' is because they have such strong female characters and the women really drive this show.

I get really excited every time there's a female character who is really strong because a lot of females in film are really soft.

I don't understand why James Bond has to be a man all the time. When Pierce Brosnan retires, why not one of us?

There aren't enough good roles for strong women. I wish we had more female writers. Most of the female characters you see in films today are the 'poor heartbroken girl.'

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

It's not often that a strong female role comes across one's desk, unfortunately, but it's getting better.

I've worked with a lot of female directors over the course of my career: Martha Coolidge, Catherine Hardwicke, Jodie Foster.

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

I only want to write books and movies about women.

Today, people like Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep have vowed to improve the opportunities for women, but those promises are still unusual.

Some of my favorite auditions have been with female directors.

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