It is a difficult one, as you get scripts where women are just objects.
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We thought we'd write a good script for women, giving them the fun roles that generally men get.
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.
I would never do a sexist script.
It's still not easy to find roles that offer more complex images of women.
Lately, I've been in meetings regarding a new script idea I have. A studio executive asked me to change the female lead to a male, because... 'Women don't go to movies.' Really?
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.
I create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.
The problem is that you can't really read a script saying, 'Hmmm, I'll just see what this is.' You have to go right into it; you have to get engaged with it, and once you are engaged, you want to do it! It's really difficult to get uninvolved.
I would love to write a script where the main character is a woman. I know I can direct a film where the main character is a woman. I cannot write that film.
When I read the script, I was like, Hello, woman in a box. I had to explore that to the end.