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The cool thing is that, unlike film, the theatre roles for women get better and better as you get older.

All good actors are actresses. The more like a woman they are, the better they act, because a man's salvation is his femininity. Women have stronger sensibilities than men, which allows them to go a bit deeper when they are on and off the stage.

I think the roles in television are better for women right now. At this point, I don't want to continue doing the same things I've been doing in film because it's very limited.

When women get great roles in life, they start to get great roles in films and TV. Look at Janet Reno, Madeleine Albright, and Mrs. Thatcher. Because those images are coming at us in life, they are reflected in acting.

I think male roles are generally much better written. So for actresses, we're always dealing with trying to inject a role with more truth than the writer possibly had in mind.

The great thing about women directors is that they're not only involved in the performances - they can gauge where we all are personally and know how to direct us better because of that.

The quality of films out there depends on how much responsibility we're willing to take. I try to play women who are positive and heroic.

The stronger the participation of the female characters, the better the movie. They knew that in the old days, when women stars were equally as important as men.

Maybe studios don't want to see women acting in a way that isn't womanly. Maybe people don't.