I've been writing American history for a long time, and I've had a hard time finding strong, interesting female characters. There are… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
I get the feeling that characters are written female when they have to be, and all the other characters are male, and… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I am a cisgender woman who has always had a lot of female friends. While many of us have traits in common,… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
I prefer to avoid the phrase 'strong women' when talking about female characters and the lack thereof or the need therefore, because… — Zawe Ashton Copy Share Image
I think that there are a lot of male writers and directors in Hollywood, and a lot of the female characters you… — Emily Ratajkowski Copy Share Image
I thought about ["Summer Sisters" ] so often as I was writing about these female characters who love each other and hated… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
For the most part, I was surprised by the representation of female characters onscreen. I do hope that when we include more… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
Often, as a young actress, you find yourself being the only girl in a room full of men... and one of the… — Rachael Taylor Copy Share Image
I am not one to go for traditional female roles, because I don't think traditionally female characters are very interesting, and I… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
Whether consciously or unconsciously, I felt myself drawn to writing a female character who was pretty flawed and not very virtuous or… — Leni Zumas Copy Share Image
You know, that kind of coldness, you know. And I think, yeah, I think that definitely helped. The female characters on the… — Matt Robinson Copy Share Image
I love Dexter. I love Top Chef. I can't wait for it to come back. I love Friday Night Lights. I think… — Alyssa Milano Copy Share Image
I think every time you take a female character, a black character, a Hispanic character, a gay character, and make that the… — Len Wein Copy Share Image
I love writing about men. To get by in the world you have to know how men think. Not that all guys… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
I was of the generation where most of the Disney princesses and female characters were not girls that I admired. They just… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I think I'm drawn to female characters partly because they don't have as easy or as obvious a relationship to power in… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
I'm just hoping that as I get older, and as more and more movies get made by female directors, what we start… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
I think you leave your imprint on every screenplay. I like to bring my experience as a woman to all my female… — Allison Schroeder Copy Share Image
Just look at the history of cinema. The most reproduced male character is probably the hero and the most reproduced female character… — Ruben Ostlund Copy Share Image
When men write women, they tend to write women the way they want women to be, or the way they resent women… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
What it feels like is that we want women to conform to a certain image. Which is interesting, insofar as acting is… — Emma D'Arcy Copy Share Image
It was a great joy for me to develop a strong female character in the spirit of an Icelandic woman. Icelandic women… — Anita Briem Copy Share Image
I never really knew that I would be a lifer of strong female characters, but that seems to be the drops I'm… — Evan Daugherty Copy Share Image
“For thousands of years, the dumb, uncivilized, stone-age society has reduced women to mere prizes to be won, objects to be shown… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Like most little girls, I found the lure of grown-up accessories astonishing - lipstick, perfume, hats and gloves. When I write female… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I am really inspired by strong, badass, female characters. I would start with a revenge film, then ease into stories of badass… — Alicia Sixtos Copy Share Image
All the other characters are so well-rounded, and it's just frustrating because female characters aren't. It's not that they're badly written, they're… — Ophelia Lovibond Copy Share Image
Sometimes female characters start out as the wife or girlfriend, but then I realize, 'No, she's the book,' and she becomes a… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“Scent is such a powerful tool of attraction, that if a woman has this tool perfectly tuned, she needs no other. I… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
There's a remarkable amount of sexism on TV. When male characters are flawed, they're interesting, deep and complex. But when female characters… — Ellen Pompeo Copy Share Image
It seems like it has kind of taken off where people are saying 'oh it's a female character' and it just kind… — Eiji Aonuma Copy Share Image
The funniest things just come from honesty. We have a tendency to see female characters as representative of something larger than what… — Elizabeth Meriwether Copy Share Image
“You won’t shoot me." "People tend to overestimate my character," I say quietly. "They think that because I’m small, or a girl,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
If you look at most womens writing, women writers will describe women differently from the way male writers describe women. The details… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
People, you know, had trouble with the character. Mindy is not immediately likeable. She does and says a lot of things that… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Our films are now portraying the real woman of today, and thankfully, female characters are pretty close to reality. This is a… — Supriya Pathak Copy Share Image
I don't mind being called a "feminist," as I certainly embrace the tenets of feminism, though it does feel a little sad… — Laurie Foos Copy Share Image
When I realised that what I do really well is play women who are tough and vulnerable, it was a moment of… — Carrie-Anne Moss Copy Share Image
“Say to yourself, I am perfect, the way I am. Say to yourself, I am beautiful the way I am. Say to… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“The world doesn't need a good woman who is meekly obedient to the uncivilized social norms that advocate female inferiority. The world… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
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