Back Quote by Amanda Bearse

I never really thought about the fact that there weren't female role models, because I had them in my life. The women I knew…

— Linda McMahon

There's no shortage of female role models. They're everywhere - in history, in literature, in the news. Just look around.

— Keri Russell

I found through my fan mail that women... really wanted a role model.

— Donna Mills

I did have role models, but most of them were male.

— Emily Robison

Until the mid-seventies, the traditional or classic lesbian was always a spinster and often a tweedy intellectual, with a stark glamour that titillated men…

— Florence King

We had a moment in the '40s and '50s, where female characters were very strong in film, where these incredible roles were written for…

— Monica Bellucci

I used to worry about the lack of roles for women over 40. But suddenly, everyone has realised it's interesting to have a drama…

— Rachael Stirling

I didn't have a ton of role models back in 1998. So, when I was looking to get in, it was really just looking…

— Alyssa Mastromonaco

I think the culture today is very, very different from what it was in the '60s, and I feel lucky that I grew up…

— Susanna Hoffs

Why aren't there these epic roles for women, for whatever age you are?

— Florence Pugh

“To learn of the existence of other lesbians through the media, no matter how unfortunate those characters were, must have been reassuring to women…

— Lillian Faderman

During my modelling days, I would hear there's no dearth of female models aspiring to be actors.

— Nidhhi Agerwal