Kristen Stewart Says ‘Actresses Get Treated Like S—‘ and People Started ‘Talking to Me Like I’m Somebody With a Brain’ After Becoming a Director

While discussing her feature directorial debut, “The Chronology of Water,” with The Times of London, Kristen Stewart said 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.”

“Actresses get treated like shit, I’ve got to tell you,” Stewart said. “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.”

She added, “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.