I'd just like to see a role for women where someone who isn't traditi… — Martha Plimpton

I'd just like to see a role for women where someone who isn't 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?'

Martha PlimptonModel · American · b. 1970

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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. — Oscar Wilde
A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy. — Friedrich Nietzsche
When you're working with good people it brings good things out in you. — Martha Plimpton
I wouldn't say Malkovich is totally insane, but he's not living in the real world. He's living in his world, which is a fine world to live in apparently. — Martha Plimpton
I'm so sick of hearing how there's no strong roles for women. I don't care about strong roles. I just want to see women who are characters! A nun, a serial killer, a housewife, as long as there's some depth there. — Martha Plimpton