Quotes by Martha Plimpton

“Id just like to see a role for women where someone who isnt traditionally attractive is not portraying the best friend. You know, the character that only speaks in questions. Gee, are you gonna go out with him? Do you think I look fat?”

“Im so sick of hearing how theres no strong roles for women. I dont care about strong roles. I just want to see women who are characters! A nun, a serial killer, a housewife, as long as theres some depth there.”

My mom just didnt put a very high premium on me being like really famous or really wealthy or anything.

The word equality shows up too much in our founding documents for anyone to pretend its not the American way.

Its long been accepted as fact that the availability of family planning services saves lives. Where women have access to these services, children and families are healthier, and society at large benefits.

At this point, I dont get hired a lot because people dont think I could finance a movie.