Character Quote by Evangeline Lilly

To a female superhero her sexiness is not the most important thing about her, it's her mind, her spirit, and when I look at…

— Jessica Chastain

I do think that having the villain be a woman is just as feminine, because we're not just saying, 'Women are wonderful and made…

— Laura Benanti

In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the…

— Ken Follett

Usually superheroes with all their powers and action-driven narratives are supposed to appeal to boys and men more than women; and as an extension…

— Kanika Dhillon

We've always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them.

— Famke Janssen

It's rare that this woman gets to be in a superhero movie and not be the victim.

— Morena Baccarin

There's a tendency among some male writers to make the women in their stories weak and needing of rescue so that their hero looks…

— Karin Slaughter

Oftentimes in films, the female character, if she's not the protagonist - and often, even if she is - feels like an imitation of…

— Tessa Thompson

The thing about superheroes is that they don't have problems, right? A feminist hooker superhero wouldn't have to worry about assault, or pregnancy, or…

— Daphne Gottlieb

“The token females of most superhero teams often had to suppress their femininity in order to be taken seriously by their male compatriots. When…

— Mike Madrid

We haven't evolved a hero story that's female. We're always trying to fit women's stories into this male structure, which is this rising action,…

— Carrie Coon

I think one of the problems that comics has in dealing with superheroines is that they try to hard to make them superheroes. All…

— George Perez