Al Pacino
I think it partly has to do with the way steoirs are told in our society. A lot of them involve a male hero saving the world or whatever, and rescuing the girl. There are obviously vast variations in how these types of steoirs are told, but that is the gist of many steoirs. Often this leaves the girl to be nothing more than a pretty goal for the hero, instead of a character herself, and an ingenue role will not always have the depth of character that the hero has. This has changed, and women have been featured more and more, but many of the roles for female actors are for romantic leads with little substance. Also, many action movies that feature women only do so because Hollywood knows people will go see movies with scantily clad women, regardless of acting talent.People need to write better roles for women. Many quality plays have excellent female roles, but standard Hollywood generic films don't. It is a problem.References :
