Female character Quotes · Page 4

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

— Roma Downey

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

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

— Rainbow Rowell

I'm attracted to films that have strong female characters because there are strong female characters in my life.

— Ryan Gosling

Human darkness fascinates me; I find it intriguing. And there are few female characters who are explored in this light.

— Leila Slimani

I'm not sure that it's easy to find very interesting female characters in Hollywood movies.

— Audrey Tautou

From its beginning, fan fiction has been written mostly by women. Originally, this was because of a dearth of interesting female characters…

— Russell Smith

Female characters in literature are full. They're messy: they've got runny noses and burp and belch. Unfortunately, in film, female characters don't…

— Frances McDormand

“She giggled. Giggled. Her cheeks pinked, and goddamn, if this plane didn’t get to the gate and un-board them, he was going…

— Cristin Harber

I take great pride in portraying a strong female character who is independent and can take care of herself. I don't think…

— Inbar Lavi

I think the type of actor I am, I tend to play strong leading female characters. The shows I've been on happen…

— Alaina Huffman

I wouldn't know how to write a weak female character. I read so much epic fantasy growing up, where you have these…

— Richelle Mead

Strong female characters - even if they don't necessarily make the same decisions that we might - make such great narrative material,…

— Meg Cabot

I've always preferred drag roles, because typically I get better costumes and I've always felt more connected with the female characters in…

— Jinkx Monsoon

In 1996, Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' was removed from classrooms after a school board passed a 'prohibition of alternative lifestyle instruction' act. Apparently,…

— Richard LaGravenese

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

— Sara Pascoe

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

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

— Ari Graynor

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

— Geena Davis

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

I think part of the pressure put on 'strong female characters' comes from the fact that there is so often 'the team…

— Seanan McGuire

I think every woman character, every female character, has her own arc.

— Katheryn Winnick

James Patterson has a way with female characters. He understands women in a way that a lot of male writers don't.

— Tracy Pollan

Even if I have played female characters, nobody has ever teased my kids.

— Kiku Sharda

I'm drawn to female characters; not all of them are strong characters.

— Todd Haynes

I'm always surprised when people talk about strong female characters because I feel like we all are.

— Lotte Verbeek

It's cool to be a female character who gets to be really strong and tough.

— Alexandra Daddario

I'm really attracted to strong women. Let me rephrase that, I'm really attracted to strong female characters.

— Portia de Rossi

“The Influence of the Female Character upon Society, published in 1801, complains about female fashions.”

— Helena Kelly

Women are half the population of the world, and yet there are so few female characters on-screen.

— Geena Davis

'The Hobbit' didn't include female characters at all and was a very linear story, a book for children, really.

— Evangeline Lilly

“I’m not beholden to the confirmation of your prejudices; to be perfectly frank, the prospect of confining the female characters in my…

— Scott Lynch

I'm not sure if I should say this, and it might sound arrogant of me, but I think there is a tendency…

— Park Bo-young

I have this theory that the likeability question comes up so much more with female characters created by female authors than it…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

It's nice to do something about something that scares you rather than just run from it and hope that someone saves you.…

— Katie Holmes

Part of the problem is that many directors treat female characters too often as precious. Or they want to live in a…

— David Leitch

I do feel privileged to play Elektra, because definitely she is a strong female character. She's a strong character. It would be…

— Elodie Yung