Gaby Hoffmann Quotes

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

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.

We should be writing more great roles for women, period. Another problem is that movies are generally made for 14-year-old boys, and 14-year-old boys want to watch 25-year-old action heroes.

I never wanted to be an actress who complained about the lack of roles for women.

I get asked why there aren't more female directors all the time. I'm kind of reluctant to talk about it. That's not because I think the question is irrelevant or stupid. It's just that there are so many mitigating factors.

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.

If a studio sees that a female can bring in audiences, then they're going to make movies with that person.

When only one or two percent of filmmakers are female, you can't help but have some kind of bias.

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

I do all these panels where people are always talking about the lack of female directors, and I have a lot of opinions on that.

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

I love acting; I love movie sets and movies, but, at the same time, there's something about the position of women in that world that frightens me a lot. I find it nearly inhuman to be an actress.

I've always been slightly hesitant about generalizing movies made by men and women being different in their nature; I think movies by each director are different. Having said that, I think that it's kind of disgraceful that there aren't more female directors.

Women over 35 have great stories, and the actresses are there, but you can't get the movies made.

Every casting director I've met is a woman.

To deny women directors, as I suspect is happening in the States, is to deny the feminine vision.

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.

It is not easy to grow old in this business, when you are a woman above all, in the cinema.

In television, women can really run anything. It can be a comedy, it can be a drama, it can be genre, it can be anything. But in films, women are still getting to the top.

If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.

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'm really excited that 'The Other Woman' did so well at the box office, and I hope that will keep encouraging people to make movies about women, starring women, about female friendships. More. Please.

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