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"It's probably the only that interests me in performing is this question of identity, and the question of transformation and I'm genuinely moved by the way in which all of us are. Society circumscribes us and we play into this feeling that we have to pick one identity and stick with it, and any natural transformation within our spirit is to be resisted at all costs. And if there is some great shift in one's life one is to feel nothing, but shame and failure. That's the thing I am constantly drawn back to." — Tilda Swinton on highlighting identity and transformation when selecting her film roles. +++ Tilda Swinton as... ... a hippie secret island community leader (The Beach) ... a cryogenics sales manager (Vanilla Sky) ... an androgynous archangel (Constantine) ... a fantasy warrior sorceress queen (The Chronicles Of Narnia) ... an haute bourgeoisie trophy wife (I Am Love) ... a 3,000-year-old hipster vampire (Only Lovers Left Alive) ... a grande dame hotel heiress (The Grand Budapest Hotel) ... a despotic post-apocalyptic prime minister (Snowpiercer)
"As random and as subjective as this award is, it means a great deal in a year of extraordinary, yet again, extraordinary performances by women... And thank you to the audiences who went to see [Blue Jasmine] and perhaps those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences. They are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people!" — Cate Blanchett on championing women in cinema during her 2014 Oscar Best Actress acceptance speech. +++ Various fierce and flawless heroines in female-centric feature films Audrey Tautou as Amélie Poulain (Amélie) Quvenzhané Wallis as Hushpuppy Doucet (Beasts Of The Southern Wild) Björk as Selma Ježková (Dancer In The Dark) Jamie Chung as Eden (Eden) Greta Gerwig as Frances Halladay (Frances Ha) Tilda Swinton as Emma Recchi (I Am Love) Léa Seydoux as Emma + Adèle Exarchopoulos as Adèle (Blue Is The Warmest Colour) Zhang Ziyi as Sayuri Nitta (Memoirs Of A Geisha) Brit Marling as Sarah Moss/Jane Owen (The East) Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander + Élodie Yung as Miriam Wu (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo)