I do not set myself up as an advocate of the woman's right doctrine, but would rather appear in the character of a quiet lady expressing her sentiments, not so much to the public as to her immediate friends.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've always been a feminist, and what I love in my work is being able to explore a full-sided woman and not patronize her.
There are those who maintain that in this world women have no right to interfere in the affairs of state, in politics, in plots and counter-plots. Others that are who, more chivalrous, are willing to admit that women have as much right to act, think, and speak as men.
Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.
To be outspoken, or different at all, is a problem for women.
Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us; it is also about me and you. Just the two of us.
Feminism's agenda is basic: It asks that women not be forced to choose between public justice and private happiness.
Women are never the protagonists; we're always reactionary against everything that's done to us. I like people who write for women that have got a bit more about them.
Some feminists have this party-line attitude, and they can be very extremist. The most enlightened characters in my film are women.
Away with that folly that her rights would be detrimental to her character - that if she were recognized as the equal to a man she would cease to be a woman!
Throughout my career I have been an advocate for women, in all aspects of their lives.