Tatiana Maslany Quotes

I've always tried to be conscious of how I represent women in my work. They don't have to be good or strong women, but they have to be complex.

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

When I think about the shows that we have on our air, we've been known for a long time for shows that feature strong, dynamic, powerful women at their forefront. And we're going to continue with that kind of storytelling.

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.

I'm drawn to female characters; not all of them are strong characters.

Every woman must own her story; otherwise we are all part of the silence.

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 so sick of hearing how there's no strong roles for women. I don't care about strong roles. I just want to see women who are characters! A nun, a serial killer, a housewife, as long as there's some depth there.

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

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 tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out there.

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.'

I want there to be tons and tons and tons and tons of movies starring women.

My whole drive to be an actor was finding roles that I really believed represent modern women, the struggles that we deal with. Women who are strong and capable and in control of their own lives.

I like playing interesting, complicated women.

'Thelma and Louise' was a pretty important film for me and still is. It's a social film about many things - gender, freedom - and it puts someone like me into the place of these protagonists. Watching that movie, you are living through the eyes of these women.

I just love strong female characters in general, not necessarily because, 'She's evil' or 'Oh, because she's good.'

I think there is an enormous appetite for great roles for women. You can see that clearly with things like 'The Hunger Games.'

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 it's very refreshing to see women in cinema having strength and their own independent storyline.

'Splendour' broke through to new territory for me. It exposed my commitment to writing for women: my desire to recognise that they can be as aggressive, violent, mercurial, and complex as men.

I've always - from my very first film, 'Shopping,' which was Jude Law and Sadie Frost, I mean, I've always liked strong women characters in films.

I came out, as not enough of our stories are told from our perspective. 'Marie Claire' was offering the chance to be a part of a women's magazine, which often celebrates ordinary women doing extraordinary things.

Audiences need to keep demanding shows with strong female leads.

There are very very few narratives in mainstream that are actually about the woman.