Kristen Stewart says that actresses get “treated like shit" and it wasn’t until she was seen as a director that people started “talking to me like I’m somebody with a brain.” “People think anyone could be an actress, but the first time I sat down to talk about my movie as a director, I thought, wow, this is a different experience, they are talking to me like I’m somebody with a brain.” “There’s this idea that directors have otherworldly abilities, which is not true. It’s an idea perpetuated by men. Not to sound like I’m complaining all the time, but it’s worse for female actors than male ones — they get treated like puppets, but they are not. Imogen [Poots] put her whole body and soul into this movie.” https://variety.com/2026/film/news/kristen-stewart-actresses-treated-like-shit-1236640627/

Kristen Stewart says that actresses get “treated like shit" and it wasn’t until she was seen as a director that people started “talking to me like I’m somebody with a brain.” “People think anyone could be an actress, but the first time I sat down to talk about my movie as a director, I thought, wow, this is a different experience, they are talking to me like I’m somebody with a brain.” “There’s this idea that directors have otherworldly abilities, which is not true. It’s an idea perpetuated by men. Not to sound like I’m complaining all the time, but it’s worse for female actors than male ones — they get treated like puppets, but they are not. Imogen [Poots] put her whole body and soul into this movie.” https://variety.com/2026/film/news/kristen-stewart-actresses-treated-like-shit-1236640627/