- Nov 07, 2020
Women Quotes
On confidence, identity and being true to yourself.
These quotes discuss women's confidence and identity from a few angles: resisting pressure to act a certain way, and the discipline shown by women serving alongside men in the military. For related reflections, see our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Audience
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- Nov 07, 2020
So often, women are there just to be looked at and be objectified for the titillation of the male audience.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's definitely stories I would like to tell; I'd like to see more films focusing on women's lives.
- Fuss
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every so often, we - women in film and TV - get annoyed and frustrated. We kick up a fuss and make some gains. But then we become complacent, and things slide backwards again until the next generation comes up and gets frustrated again.
- Good Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to be very careful, however, because I have no intention of providing an excuse for this behavior. It's an attempt to explain how so many women come from backgrounds where the pressure to be a good mother is so severe that if they can't do it, something really snaps.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.'
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think this happens to a lot of people, men and women, where you reach a point in your life and all of a sudden realize that things have changed. You suddenly realize that people are coming up behind you, that maybe somebody might want to replace you for less money.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the same energy went into marketing movies to women as they do on the other demographics we might see more of a spike.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I'm mainly interested in is not having women characters that have to be perfect, obviously. That's something I feel strongly about and have that in every single thing I've ever done.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to make something that's respectful and respected. And I think you can make something for women that is respected on television.
- Romantic
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- Nov 07, 2020
With female-oriented movies, unless it's something like 'Bridesmaids' or a romantic comedy, you've got to really worry about your opening weekend. And I'm always telling stories about women, not younger women, and it's just a much tougher audience to get to the movie theater.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote 'Thelma & Louise' in 1988, and we shot it in 1990. Everyone kept saying, 'This is so groundbreaking... this is going to change the landscape,' but I don't see that result at all. When we saw some female studio executives, we were hopeful that more women would be hired as directors, but that didn't really seem to happen.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like writing flawed women, and being one, it's something I feel I can write with some veracity and authority.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020