Quotes About Gender

A man like Wilde was not free to live out of the closet as a homosexual, and women in general were not able to be truly themselves; there was no place for a woman's voice to be heard or for her to express her sexuality.

I think women like to conquer hearts. Men like to conquer countries.

My foot is just as heavy as a dude's foot, if not heavier.

In any film, there are 10 male roles for 1 female role, especially in the action films. They're heavy with the guys.

Men have to be freed from the tortures of heavy clothing that covers everything but the face and hands.

I feel that we really had some good, athletic women wrestling out there and they work just as hard as the guys and put on a heck of a show.

I'm in love with what a high heel does to a leg: how it makes a woman or a man feel. It's empowering.

If you ask men why they did a good job, they'll say, 'I'm awesome. Obviously. Why are you even asking?' If you ask women why they did a good job, what they'll say is someone helped them, they got lucky, they worked really hard.

I have been playing with boys, which is helpful for me.

In TV, a woman helping another woman break in? Not that common.

When you look at the comedies that are out there, 99 per cent of the time, men are the heroes. It's often thought that a woman can't be funny, that women are supposed to be sexy, not funny.

But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece.

Young action heroines feel in service of male gaze, rather than being the full complexity of a human being.

I feel like one of the most successful heroines in science-fiction cinema is Sigourney Weaver in 'Aliens' - I love her, and as a guy, no part of my brain thinks of her gender.

We heroines don't get good roles.

Even though my dad came from a family that was very religious, he was actually the first one who bought and let me play with Barbies. My mom, the first makeup I ever used was hers, and she never once said, 'Oh, you're so gay for doing that.'

I didnt and I dont have any hesitation in playing mother on screen. If given a chance, I can even play a father.

If you're in a heterosexual relationship and you're a female, you win.

When you see white, cisgendered, heterosexual men having conversations about gender identity where they go, 'Oh, those are your pronouns? OK, great. Let's get back to work,' it allows other people to say, 'Maybe if they can do it, I can do it.'

I love women; I have women friends, but I'm definitely a heterosexual.

Hey, a woman changed her mind - what else is new?

When I first started designing, all women were dressed like men, and I said, 'Hey, guys, let's be women, put the two together - it's not either/or. Let's celebrate our bodies. Our bodies are different.'

I'm fascinated by how much we, as women, have to subjugate and hide ourselves in order to get on in the world.

All male roles are written in a way where you just hide what's going on inside you, and all female roles are written in a way where they expose everything.