What's so dumb is that women are 50 per cent of the population, and they want to spend money to see movies where they're portrayed as three-dimensional characters.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences - they are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people.
There are so many female roles - particularly for young women - that are just somebody's girlfriend or somebody's daughter, or that are accessories to the main story rather than being three-dimensional characters.
Women remain dramatically under-represented as characters in film when compared to their representation in the U.S. population.
I think for female filmmakers a big issue is making their second and third films.
Often, female characters are quite one dimensional, especially in a two hour film; television gives characters room to breathe and develop.
Women one hundred percent support each other in the movie industry.
I think that weird rumor or idea in Hollywood that people don't want to see female-driven movies couldn't be further from the truth. Women buy tickets to movies.
Maybe studios don't want to see women acting in a way that isn't womanly. Maybe people don't.
I'm glad that cinema is catching up to what television has known for a while: That three-dimensional, complex women get an audience engaged as much as the men.
Women have to take more control of their careers. They can't just wait to be cast in a film.