James Mangold Quotes

Bad women's comedies are made by men who didn't consult enough women.

There aren't good roles for women: the female parts aren't developed: the women are serving the men.

There are really very few roles for women in films in which you can also make a living.

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

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.'

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

Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that even when I play the wife or the girlfriend or the best friend. I always try my hardest to bring as much layering in and not make things stereotypical, but it's hard.

I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.

It is odd there are many movies with many men. But generally movies have one woman, or maybe the older woman and the younger girl.

Females want other females to be really strong, so there are a whole lot of scripts that are basically just male parts renamed as a girl.

Sometimes it's more difficult to exist as a female lead, especially in action movies because all those men are around you. They take so much place.

I think a lot of the time in films, men get roles where they create their own destiny and women are just tools, supporters for that.

Hollywood is lacking realness in their female characters. I don't think I'm the only one who thinks that and wants to change it.

Frankly, 'Bride Wars' got made because movies with women need to be about weddings and love.

Far too often, I read a script where the girls are the girlfriend or the set dressing.

For the most part, it's a very male-dominated business. Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that, even when I play the wife or the girlfriend or the best friend. I always try my hardest to bring as much layering in and not make things stereotypical, but it's hard.

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

In commercial cinema, roles for heroines are limited to being simple or glamorous. I don't want to fall into an image trap.

When I first came to Hollywood to make 'Mortal Kombat' back in the day, there was this rule that female-led action movies don't work and American studios didn't want to make them.

People often ask me why I don't take up more heroine-oriented roles. My question is, 'Where are these roles?' I really appreciate actresses who sign only films with meaty roles. However, there aren't too many of them. The industry is simply male-dominated.

Why is it when a woman makes a film or a movie stars a female cast it is labeled women-centric because it is not white, male and middle-class men?

No one ever actually said they were resistant because 'Pitch Perfect' was female-centric. When a project is sitting there for a while, you start to speculate about what could be the thing that might be a little tricky about it.

Time's up on cheesy, lesser, boring roles for females in the stories that we try to tell.

At one time, especially during the era of action heroes, women took a bit of a secondary role because heroes were doing most of the action.

Women do feel like they're in a box. Society, Hollywood, some men-they want to wrap women up in a neat little package.