Marianne Elliott Quotes

I'm always drawn to female stories with female protagonists, and I particularly yearn for more older actresses to take centre stage in 2018.

I would like to see more female stories out there, particularly older female stories.

There are few films where you have women really driving the plot.

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

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've always known that I'll have a career for the rest of my life because they'll always make movies about men, and men need women in their lives. But, when it comes to telling a woman's story, they're complex, circular, and not genre-driven.

I only want to write books and movies about women.

There's definitely stories I would like to tell; I'd like to see more films focusing on women's lives.

Hindi cinema hasn't moved at all in terms of roles for actresses beyond 18 years.

I'm drawn to female stories, of which there aren't that many, and particularly to stories now about older women. The things they have to confront and override is really fascinating. That's a whole untold part of our world.

Audiences want to watch heroine-oriented films, and even writers are writing scripts for women. I am very happy to see this change.

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.

The number of female-lead action films is definitely growing, which is great.

As a society, I think older women are marginalized, but I think that has changed so much in the last twenty years.

It's hard because I seek out strong female roles. I turn down a lot of stuff, not because it's not good, but because I don't want to play certain types of characters. I don't like to just play the pretty girl.

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

But it's cool working with female directors because I'm a girl, so you do relate to them more. You can talk to them about other stuff like clothes and all that.

I think women are different, and I think having them in the room is crucial to a family comedy, ensemble comedy, television comedy, where half the eyeballs on your show are women.

What bugs me is that movies don't reflect how interesting and vibrant women are. We don't treasure women as they get older.

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

I love women. I've always cared about making movies about women my entire career.

It's not just about young people - there are films being made that deal with women getting older. That's a huge bonus, and here in America, that's a huge step forward.

If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will.

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

I think it will be great if we have more female directors in the world.