If you come from a normal family, you immediately start playing the role of a boy, a girl a man or a woman, but I'm sure you'll agree with me that those are only roles, limited roles, at that.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
All the roles are for boys. The girls' roles are either small or all the same. There's just nothing interesting.
Usually, the roles that you get offered that are the mom roles are very much the mom role.
A lot of the time, unfortunately for women, there's not a lot of complex roles. I don't mean complex like tortured or whatever. I mean complex like there's more going on with them than, 'I'm a mom.'
Having one's traditional role questioned is not a very comfortable experience, perhaps especially for women, who have been able to remain children, and to benefit from work they did not and could not do.
I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
If there aren't roles you want to play, then you've kind of got to create them.
I believe that a parent's role is to provide a path or opportunity for their children.
Women's natural role is to be a pillar of the family.
Despite the efforts of some parents, children still tend to act out the traditional sex roles of our culture. The child's peer group may have more of an influence over this than the parents.
There's a lot of good roles for men, always, and for very young girls. But for women, not so many.