Heroines Quote by David Trumble

“Sometimes I think every man wants to be a writer. They want to invent a world with the perfect imaginary woman, someone they can…

— Joe Hill

Our films are now portraying the real woman of today, and thankfully, female characters are pretty close to reality. This is a welcome change,…

— Supriya Pathak

There has to be this balance of reality for a woman. I don't want to play women who just serve a purpose for the…

— Kristen Bell

So many women characters are extensions of male fantasy.

— Viola Davis

There's a thing that creeps into this conversation ... that if you complain about the depiction of women [in comics], it becomes, 'Well, but…

— Kelly Sue DeConnick

You know, it shouldn't just be about women as heroic figures overcoming things, it just needs to be about women in general getting the…

— Diablo Cody

I think we're still struggling to find a way of depicting women that doesn't objectify them.

— Rasika Dugal

The world should not be organized to require heroines, and when one is required but fails to appear, we should not judge.

— Ann-Marie MacDonald

It's not just about casting female protagonists. It's gotta be across the board throughout the industry.

— Kathleen Kennedy

I find women as writers and as characters are operating within narrow confines. They inherit a kind of ghetto of the soul. I'm trying…

— Kate Braverman

There are so few representations of women that look remotely real in scripted television.

— Brooke Elliott

I believe women need to hear stories and see images that they can identify with, not media-fabricated ideals that even the 'role models' themselves…

— Amanda de Cadenet