Character Quote by Elijah Wood

My women characters should not exist only to play the 'love interest' of a male character.

— Sriram Raghavan

I'd be happy to play anyone's girlfriend. I'm happy to be working, ever. It's not an intentional thing to play these messed up, crazy…

— Madeline Zima

If we women were particular about men's characters, we should never get married at all.

— George Bernard Shaw

If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.

— George Bernard Shaw

MARRIAGE, The only adventure open to the cowardly;

— Nikhil Saluja

What I'm mainly interested in is not having women characters that have to be perfect, obviously. That's something I feel strongly about and have…

— Callie Khouri

What tale do you like best to hear?' 'Oh, I have not much choice! They generally run on the same theme - courtship; and…

— Charlotte Bronte

Whatever character I play, I want to inspire. I don't want to just be the girlfriend or be the wife.

— Jasmine Cephas Jones

Sometimes female characters start out as the wife or girlfriend, but then I realize, 'No, she's the book,' and she becomes a main character.…

— Elmore Leonard

I would love to play a romantic lead at some point. I would love to play the hero at some point. It would be…

— Anthony Carrigan

Ideally, I'd like to keep a balance between action and romantic roles.

— Bobby Deol

I don't want to play the girlfriend who's there because she's the girlfriend. And. That's. Her. Job. I want to play women and girls…

— Angourie Rice