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I Would Say Any Film Can Be Called Feminist That Has Female Characters Who Have Agency In Their Life, That Are In Charge Of Their Fate Or Do Important Things Or Take Up Half The Space. I Would Consider A Film Feminist, I Don't Care What It's About, But If The Cast Was Gender Balanced, Where It Would Be Just As Likely That The Boss Or The Best Friend Or Whoever Was Female. It's Really As Simple As Showing Women Being In Charge Of Their Destiny And Giving Female Characters A Voice.

I Always Want A Challenge. My Whole Career Has Been Based On Trying To Avoid Female Characters That Don't Get To Do Anything. And It's Really Hard To Avoid Those.

I Think I Always Had Joie De Vivre. But I Had Pretty Bad Self-esteem Growing Up And Much Of My Adult Life.

I Don't Know How In The Twenty-first Century We Can Possibly Justify Not Showing Girls Things That They Can Aspire To, And At The Same Time, How Can We Possibly Be Showing Boys This Narrow Vision Of What Women Are And What They Can Be.

Somebody Warned Me Early On To Be Very Careful About Brushing Up Against The Chocolate.