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But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.

I think it's absolutely about time that we have as many female leads as male. It's a very exciting time to be an actress.

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.

If more women are in leadership roles, we'll stop assuming they shouldn't be.

There are still so few female directors. There are far fewer writers than we'd like to see.

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.'

There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.

The failure of women to have reached positions of leadership has been due in large part to social and professional discrimination. In the past, few women have tried, and even fewer have succeeded.

I don't understand why there aren't more powerful female directors. I don't have the answers, but I hope that things may start to shift and that studios will employ more women to handle strong and interesting material.

I get asked why there aren't more female directors all the time. I'm kind of reluctant to talk about it. That's not because I think the question is irrelevant or stupid. It's just that there are so many mitigating factors.