Female character Quotes · Page 4

I don't see female characters as different or inferior to male characters.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

There's just a deeper level of sophistication in the writing of female characters on TV.

— Vera Farmiga

It's a convention, but in horror movies the female characters usually tend to believe easier in a supernatural event.

— Fede Alvarez

There's nothing worse than having a very strong female character and then suddenly having it go away.

— Khandi Alexander

I guess there's a vulnerability in seeing a female character trying to get out of something really drastic.

— Elisha Cuthbert

I would like Martin Scorsese to be interested in a female character once in a while, but I don’t know if I’ll…

— Meryl Streep

You don't often see a cross section of female characters interacting with each other at the top of a chain.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

All too often, female characters, in particular, aren't multi-layered enough.

— Ruth Bradley

I would like to find a more precise way to not only tell the stories of female characters, but also do so…

— Danae Elon

I find that in the science fiction world, you have almost more women fans than male fans and I think it's because…

— Katee Sackhoff

The "difficult" female character can-and will-do the shocking, the unexpected and, as a consequence, will give your story an immediate jolt of…

— Jane Heller

It's great to have female characters that have depth that you can explore instead of being the decoration or the girlfriend or…

— Madchen Amick

Oftentimes in films, the female character, if she's not the protagonist - and often, even if she is - feels like an…

— Tessa Thompson

Very good female characters, that's all we want. It's happening, slow and steady, which I love. Hopefully, it gets a little quicker.…

— Diana Silvers

I think one of the things that is easy to have happened in a superhero story is that the female character, whether…

— Evangeline Lilly

My point was the world is missing female characters. A lot of times there is one female character, maybe even a cool…

— Geena Davis

I did not find that writing a diary with a lead male character differed in any essential way from writing one with…

— Kathryn Lasky

I can't live in a world where there are only, like, four kinds of women. Or where every woman is obsessed with…

— Caitlin Moran

It starts with the writing. We have to think of all these characters - we have to treat them all equally. We…

— Cliff Chiang

Emma Willard told the legislature that the education of women "has been too exclusively directed to fit them for displaying to advantage…

— Howard Zinn

Women are always murdered and maimed, and they’re never given their rightful place as lead characters! And I think [creator Michael Hirst]…

— Clive Standen

I certainly relate to Ygritte in the fact that she is so strong and also ruthless as well and I feel that…

— Rose Leslie

I'm extremely excited about working with Troika on 'The Hive.' This script has two elements I always look for in a thriller…

— Brad Anderson

Even while I'm really interested in playing female characters that are varied and interesting and dynamic, I'm not of the mind that…

— Tessa Thompson

When you encounter sophistication in the creation of a female character, you thank the writers and you claim it.

— Vera Farmiga

In my mind, every single female character I've written is plus-size.

— Rainbow Rowell

It could be partly my taste. It's just my belief that there are female characters that will benefit from not being vulnerable.

— Frances McDormand

Why shouldn't there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?

— Florence Pugh

I would tell any actress that the trick is to play all the female characters on your show, and then all the…

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

I tell about some of the female characters from the Bible so girls can be inspired and empowered and uplifted.

— Roma Downey

What's the trick to writing a great female character? Make her human.

— Nicole Holofcener

Ordinarily, I develop videogames with female characters that aren't girlfriends, bimbos and sidekicks.

— Brianna Wu

I see the portrayal of any believable female character as feminist.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

I have been very lucky that I never got typecast while playing female characters.

— Kiku Sharda

Men should be able to see themselves in female characters and female strength, just as much as women are able to see…

— Maya Hawke

“You're the absolute protagonist of this book, very well; but do you believe that gives you the right to have carnal relations…

— Italo Calvino

It so happens that the major relationships in the novel [The Kite Runner] are between men, dictated not by any sort of…

— Khaled Hosseini

“Sherlock Holmes gets to be brilliant, solitary, abrasive, Bohemian, whimsical, brave, sad, manipulative, neurotic, vain, untidy, fastidious, artistic, courteous, rude, a polymath…

— Sophia McDougall

I also really pay attention to whether the script embodies a full female character or if they're just wanting a two-dimensional objectified…

— Karla Souza

With 'Holes' I was troubled that there weren't very many female characters. I tried to put them in where I could. But…

— Louis Sachar