“As the bartender struck a match to light her cigarette, she put her hand on his wrist to steady it. Travis saw… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
I don't think we're the screaming femme fatale running away from danger as much as we used to be. I think people… — Barbara Crampton Copy Share Image
“…my new name, Buffalo Zeta Brown. General Zeta was the hero of an old movie classic…A combination of Zapata and Villa and… — Oscar Zeta Acosta Copy Share Image
“I ripped all her clothes off. She twisted and turned, slow, so they would slip out from under her. Then she closed… — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
“Pandora opened the box with the new high-heels, put them on and went out to town.” — Ljupka Cvetanova Copy Share Image
“Evans made himself their spokesman. "Charlie and Joe," he offered. "Remember us? We brought a friend back with us this time." Girls… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“Whenever I get dumped, I nail the door shut so that no one can come inside, get a towel and clip it… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
My dream role would be to play a femme fatale in a Quentin Tarantino movie. — Meaghan Rath Copy Share Image
Feminism has tried to dismiss the femme fatale as a misogynist libel, a hoary cliche. But the femme fatale expresses woman's ancient… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
I'd love to play a femme fatale in a film noir. I'm thinking of one of those roles that Lauren Bacall or… — Diana Quick Copy Share Image
“What we talk about less often, because it is harder to explain, is the way a perfume can give breath and body… — Alyssa Harad Copy Share Image
Let's call a spade a spade: when people look at me, they say, 'Oh, she's the androgynous one.' I'll tell you what… — Katherine Moennig Copy Share Image
I feel a strong affinity to Ke$ha and Katy Perry and a lot of these women who are really pushing the girl… — T. J. Miller Copy Share Image
“Siri, what’s a femme fatale?” Chloe asked her phone. “It’s a dishonest woman who uses feminine wiles to manipulate men,” Emily responded… — Tracy Brogan Copy Share Image
“She thrust out her arms wide, in strange ritual of triumph, as Mimi Brissard had in Paris. She was a black, ominous… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“If its danger you seek, come on over. I covet tranquility but beget the tempest storm.” — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a… — Diane von Furstenberg Copy Share Image
“She knew how much I needed her. And now she was teasing, playing games. I looked at her and watched her turn… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
For Fleur de Chine, I imagined the romantic and mysterious women from Asia's cinematic past-from the '30s femme fatale in a cheongsam… — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
Carmen is an iconic character. I think everyone in the world knows of the existence of the story and the opera, even… — Melissa Barrera Copy Share Image
“Splat. Without thought, she’d thrown mud all over his face. So much for femme fatale. He sputtered in disbelief, then roared, “What… — Kresley Cole Copy Share Image
I wanted to play a mother again. I thought it would be interesting to play the mother of an older child. And… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
There's more empathetic representations than we're used to seeing. I honestly feel like in the early days of Hollywood, women did have… — Elizabeth Banks Copy Share Image