Felicity Jones Quotes

What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.

Women's director! Well, I'm very pleased to be considered a master of anything, but remember, for every Jill there was a Jack. People like to pigeonhole you - it's a shortcut, I guess, but once they do, you're stuck with it.

If it's a woman, it's caustic; if it's a man, it's authoritative.

Men treat men differently than they would a woman.

Female-driven shows have to be every single thing and are constantly criticized in a way that male-driven shows are not.

When women do take on traditionally male subjects, certain male colleagues can seem affronted that a woman has dared to trespass on their subject. I could given you dozens of examples, but here's one: Max Hastings's review in the 'Sunday Times' in 2009 of Miranda Carter's book 'The Three Emperors'.

I've always been sure of my vision, but I've been in meetings where men have been talking about me like I'm not there... I've been told I should be a certain way, and I wondered if that would have been the case if I was a man.

Women have to compensate more in the personality department in order to get the things that men get. And they don't have as much leeway for being divas or jerks.

A man is commanding - a woman is demanding. A man is forceful - a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising - a woman is a ball-breaker. A man is a perfectionist - a woman's a pain in the ass. He's assertive - she's aggressive. He strategizes - she manipulates. He shows leadership - she's controlling. He's committed - she's obsessed. He's persevering - she's relentless. He sticks to his guns - she's stubborn. If a man wants to get it right, he's looked up to and respected. If a woman wants to get it right, she's difficult and impossible.

I don't like being put in the same category as people because we have the same genitals and boobs. Nobody is going to write "Lily Allen vs. Ed Sheeran." It just doesn't happen.

You know, it's not fair. Women are judged inferior until we prove ourselves, and men are judged superior until they prove what assholes they are.

I didn't want to be a boy, ever, but I was outraged that his height and intelligence were graces for him and gaucheries for me.

A man is called a good fellow for doing things which, if done by a woman, would land her in a lunatic asylum.

To generalize on women is dangerous. To specialize on them is infinitely worse.

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.

Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?

Is there discrimination against women? Yes. There's no denying that the old boys' network is alive and well. But there's also discrimination against men.

Housework is the only activity at which men are allowed to be consistently inept because they are thought to be so competent at everything else.

Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.

Black men don't like to be called 'boys,' but women accept being called 'girls.'

I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.

The much vaunted male logic isn't logical, because they display prejudices against half the human race that are considered prejudices according to any dictionary definition.

It was not easy to get to where I am. My challenge is to learn to deal with the jokes that are common among men that I heard and continue to hear sometimes among men.

Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.