Theresa Rebeck Quotes

I get quite disappointed that we're still telling stories that I think are problematic in terms of what they're saying about women.

When I was producing on my own, I was doing it in order to - in a very patriarchal entertainment industry, let alone planet - very much hell-bent on trying to prove to myself, if nothing else, that I could do it as a woman.

Films about women and their concerns are seen as frivolous, limited and, most damaging of all, niche.

You're allowed to make things for women on television and there's not like... you don't have to go through the humiliation of having made something directed at women. There it's just accepted, whereas if it's a feature, it's like 'So, talk to me about chick flicks.'

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.

When I was a kid and going to the movies I was overwhelmed by the way women were always second-class citizens in the film.

People aren't so interested in seeing movies about women's problems.

I have to tell you, though, the sexism in late night talk is so profound.

I think as a young actress, it's very rare that you read something where you're not either 'the girl' or there to serve some romantic purpose in a male dominated cast.

There aren't a lot of roles written for women who are strong willed.

Occasionally, some sitcoms still stereotype women - the old dragon or the dolly bird - but on the whole we've moved away from that.

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

Television is often out ahead on social issues. With film, we've only recently proved that one of the oldest misconceptions in the book is wrong, which is the idea that girls will see films with boys as protagonists, but boys won't see movies with girls as protagonists.

Cinematic icons of the police detective are more male role models than female.

'Humans' would definitely score really well on the Bechdel test - the one that tracks how well represented women are in drama.

Women are half the population of the world, and yet there are so few female characters on-screen.

We have to overcome the practice of male domination - even though it's changing, and changing in Liberia quite drastically.

I think women are very complicated human beings, and I think there's an oversimplification of women when you see them on screen.

I don't know why women aren't allowed to have the same sort of breadth and scope and flaws of men.

I don't understand why people still behave as though making movies with female protagonists is risky, given that - hello - we do make up over 50 percent of the population, and we go to movies.

There is no denying that we have made great progress toward gender equality.

Roles for women need to be better written.

Women in sports television are allowed to read headlines, patrols sidelines, and generally facilitate conversation for their male colleagues. Sometimes, they even let us monitor the Internet from a couch.

I was frustrated in general with the way women are always portrayed. And it's always through a man's eyes.

I feel it's so rare that young females are portrayed as being anything more than a stereotype.