Kalki Koechlin Quotes

You know, right now, they say - I don't know who says this, but somebody told me - there's three male roles to every female role. And I guess I'd work on evening that up. Making great roles for women. It's just such a huge challenge.

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

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

I've just seen that there is a really amazing perspective that we're missing by not having more women directing.

I wish that there were more female driven films, female-centric films being made.

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

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

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

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

Every time there's a really good story, there's women in it. We may not get as many roles, but the roles we get are really good, I think, for the most part.

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

I feel like every year there's a thing about 'not enough roles for ladies!' and, then, also an article, like 'The Year of The Woman.' I think that we all just know in our hearts they're underrepresented. But that doesn't mean that there aren't amazing moments.

I think there is an enormous appetite for great roles for women.

Slowly but surely, we have much better female roles to play and to choose from.

When I stepped into the Lifetime role in 2010, I did a listening tour of what was going on for women in this country. There was such a parallel in Hollywood with women talking about how there are stories that are not getting made and that talented young women are not getting the opportunity to direct and write.

What's important is to have more women creators behind the scenes, being producers and being in charge. That will ultimately help push this boys'-club, locker-room mentality out the door.

The lack of women directors is a sad fact of life. Kathryn Bigelow's thrilling Best Director win may help turn things around.

I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing '9 to 5' was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it's so rarely in the hands of women.

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

When I go to a web video meeting and look around, at least half the show runners are women. And a lot are actors-cum-writers who are frustrated with the situation of being a woman actor in Hollywood and have decided to create their own show.

There is this idea that you have to play heroines or women who succeed.

I've made movies that are real boy movies - but I've had so much fun over the years working with women and getting good performances with women and with strong female characters.

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.

For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected.

I think for women especially, writing and creating your own role, producing, directing - having some control over what you do is really important. We can pave the way for other women to send what messages they want sent.