I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls. — L. J. Smith Copy Share Image
Women perform great in the box office. Audiences want to see lead female characters. — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
In 'Boyz N the Hood,' every female character was three-dimensional. — John Singleton Copy Share Image
Feminists are those who cannot stand female characteristics. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
It's cool to be a female character who gets to be really strong and tough. — Alexandra Daddario Copy Share Image
I was always looking for the female characters in sci-fi and fantasy who were more than just the girlfriend. — Noelle Stevenson Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I didn't grow up a huge fan of the Western genre because there was never a female character to relate to or… — Haley Bennett Copy Share Image
Men should be able to see themselves in female characters and female strength, just as much as women are able to see… — Maya Hawke Copy Share Image
I think one of the things that is easy to have happened in a superhero story is that the female character, whether… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
My point was the world is missing female characters. A lot of times there is one female character, maybe even a cool… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I would like to find a more precise way to not only tell the stories of female characters, but also do so… — Danae Elon Copy Share Image
My daughter was a toddler. I had no idea there was anything wrong with kids' media.I started watching little preschool shows with… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
It so happens that the major relationships in the novel [The Kite Runner] are between men, dictated not by any sort of… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“Sherlock Holmes gets to be brilliant, solitary, abrasive, Bohemian, whimsical, brave, sad, manipulative, neurotic, vain, untidy, fastidious, artistic, courteous, rude, a polymath… — Sophia McDougall Copy Share Image
Once I got over the fear of writing female characters, it actually came quite easily and I was really happy with it.… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
I think part of the pressure put on 'strong female characters' comes from the fact that there is so often 'the team… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
I think it's important that we have strong, female characters in movies now, which can really leave an impression on people -… — Saoirse Ronan Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If you view history as a backdrop, set-dressing or fiction, then 'Pride and Prejudice' is hugely entertaining. My reread saw the misery… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
I tend to like strong female characters. It just interests me dramatically. A strong male character isn't interesting because it has been… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
None of the male characters are as powerful or as interesting as the four central female characters. The men work best as… — Norman Buckley Copy Share Image
“The biggest anachronism, usually, in a historical movie is, again, the author doesn’t want to be thought to in any way share… — Thomas E. Woods Jr Copy Share Image
Bechdel Test, was named for the comic strip it came from, penned by Alison Bechdel - but Bechdel credits a friend named… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
I just started asking my friends if they had noticed. None of them - feminists, mothers, daughters - noticed until I pointed… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity, we need… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I'm drawn to female characters, not all of them are strong characters. I think I'm drawn to female characters partly because they… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
“Where we did find a statistical difference was in character gender. Female characters had a much higher healing ratio compared with male… — Nick Yee Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Context is everything in both narrative and real life, and while the accusation is never that these creators deliberately set out to… — Foz Meadows Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“The fundamental defect of the female character is a lack of a sense of justice. This originates first and foremost in their… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“Sex may be completely out in the open now, but it's still defined and controlled by a powerful subset of elite men.… — Carina Chocano Copy Share Image
“Years ago, I was yapping to my mother about Buffy and Xena and talking about how great it is that we now… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
I'm not sure that it's easy to find very interesting female characters in Hollywood movies. — Audrey Tautou Copy Share Image