Female character Quotes

I'm drawn to interesting female characters and good storylines.

— Diana Silvers

Ambition alone cannot define a progressive female character.

— Kanika Dhillon

“Your booty call embargo will remain intact.”

— Cristin Harber

Feminists are those who cannot stand female characteristics.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

I love strong female characters.

— Nahnatchka Khan

I won't take parts where the female character has no substance.

— Margot Robbie

Novels without female characters were a lifeless desert.

— Ian Mcewan

I've always had difficulties with female characters.

— John le Carre

When I'm watching TV, I'm always drawn to those female characters who are doing something that I would want to do.

— Gina Holden

One of the most interesting female characters I've written about was Meg Riddoch, the lead character in 'The Thompson Gunner'.

— Nick Earls

Women perform great in the box office. Audiences want to see lead female characters.

— Jessica Chastain

I think people get confused: people think 'strong female characters' mean you need to play an action figure.

— Bel Powley

Most female characters have either been the temptress - like a Betty Boop type - or the victim - like an Olive…

— Paul Dini

I wanted to have very strong female characters. I just thought it was always the way the world should be.

— Elizabeth Hand

The female characters in 'Peep Show' are not 'strong': they are idiots. As idiotic as the men.

— Robert Webb

I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.

— L. J. Smith

The ratio of male to female characters in movies has been exactly the same since 1946. So if you've ever had people…

— Geena Davis

When you've played Buffy - who's such a strong female role model - it's really hard for another female character to compare…

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

I like shows where the female characters are as funny as the male characters, not just commenting on how funny the male…

— Graham Linehan

People are afraid to show women with demons. But I think it's important for women to see flawed female characters. We're held…

— Riley Keough

I think that Hollywood misconstrues actresses saying, 'Oh I wanna play a strong female character,' like we all want to play, like,…

— Bel Powley

Maybe it's the culture, maybe it's the cliché of Latino machismo, but the Mediterranean male character is more dull than the female…

— Pedro Almodovar

Hollywood is lacking realness in their female characters. I don't think I'm the only one who thinks that and wants to change…

— Nicole Holofcener

Like a lot of young women, I went through an entire period where I hated female characters - I didn't want to…

— Noelle Stevenson

Because I had some roles that resonated with women, I immediately noticed that there were far more male characters than female characters…

— Geena Davis

It's nuts that we've reached a situation where representing female characters - let alone minorities - is considered "social responsibility" and not,…

— Neil Druckmann

A show that I loved as a kid was 'Maid Marian And Her Merry Men'. It was a really strong female character…

— Sara Pascoe

I just started asking my friends if they had noticed. None of them - feminists, mothers, daughters - noticed until I pointed…

— Geena Davis

There are a lot of female characters out there that, when they fall on hard times, they sort of stew in their…

— Ari Graynor

A lot of times, female characters - particularly the villains - come off as very one-dimensional. They get the short shrift in…

— Paul Dini

People often ask me if I feel discriminated against as a black female director. I don't. I'm actually offered a ton of…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

Bechdel Test, was named for the comic strip it came from, penned by Alison Bechdel - but Bechdel credits a friend named…

— Alison Bechdel

“As my own neurosis became more subdued I found myself unconsciously drawn to female characters who exhibited signs of behaviors I had…

— Kier-La Janisse

“we as authors have been writing about people we aren't for forever. We find a way to empathise, we find a way…

— Adrienne Kress

“Context is everything in both narrative and real life, and while the accusation is never that these creators deliberately set out to…

— Foz Meadows

“I'd been so tired of 'strong female characters' for so long by then. I was so tired of the way female strength…

— Carina Chocano

“Lots of talk lately about the GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL that seems to be exclusively masculine. And how many of the characters in…

— Kate Zambreno

“...I do write books that are female oriented. In my books, the female characters are always searching for something and they often…

— Shireen Dodson

“It is quite edifying to hear women speculate upon the worthlessness and the duration of beauty. But though virtue is a much…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“Where we did find a statistical difference was in character gender. Female characters had a much higher healing ratio compared with male…

— Nick Yee