Farhan Akhtar Quotes

The roles for women in theatre are much better than they are in film.

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

There are a lot of women - directors, producers, writers - involved in my career. They are all interested in telling good stories, and good stories involve men and women.

I like women in film. I like women in general, but I especially like to show them on film. They are not ciphers.

I'm definitely looking forward to doing a film one day with more female actors.

I only want to write books and movies about women.

It remains an incredible struggle for women in theater, and, in particular, playwrights and directors, to get their work seen and to not only get seen, but to get it to Broadway.

I hope when people see that female-led production companies are working, there will be more of us.

I just don't think there's a lot of support for the woman's voice in cinema, and it becomes really difficult to raise that money and start again every time.

One of the things that would be great is to some day have so many women comedy writers that we wouldn't say there's just one type of female humor. There's lots.

My goal when I make my show is to make a show for women. I don't make a show for men.

I can say I love working with women. Film is a man's world, and I really appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with women, especially young women.

Get more women producers, writers, directors. Why should we expect men to do it for us? They can't.

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

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

The world needs more women filmmakers, so we have to keep encouraging ourselves and one another, and eventually things must get easier for us.

The question I always ask is: 'Where are all the women directors in America?' You know, where's the female Martin Scorsese, the female David Lynch?

You look at women like Lena Dunham, you look at how women are kind of crafting their own space on the screen. I want to add to that.

Some of the best roles are for women in these independent, smaller movies.

There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible.

I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of them just now.

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 was interested in working on a show that was driven by women.

What we need is more women writers, writing for older women. There are some actresses who have production companies and create their own material, and I truly admire that.

I would love to be directed by more women.