Am Quote by Ginnifer Goodwin

A lot of animated movies in the past have sort of relied on these archaic tropes on what the female characters in those movies…

— Stephanie Beatriz

I was of the generation where most of the Disney princesses and female characters were not girls that I admired. They just weren't characters…

— Angelina Jolie

The Grimm brothers always said that their informants were women, which is possibly not true, women of the people. There is the constant evocation…

— Marina Warner

I was raised just on Grimm's fairy tales.

— Brett Cooper

So many women characters are extensions of male fantasy.

— Viola Davis

For some reason, not many women go into cartooning.

— Stephen Hillenburg

Most of the female characters I admire come from science fiction and fantasy, maybe because there's more permission to shake up gender roles in…

— Leigh Bardugo

Especially in entertainment geared toward young people, the women are much stronger than they used to be. There's not really the damsel in distress…

— Jessica Alba

Women are more open to trying on a new personality every season; they can go from goth to bombshell to librarian, whatever.

— Michael Bastian

I think this is a trait that runs throughout the queer community, the obsession with the hyper-feminine female villains. And we see it in…

— Jinkx Monsoon

I think that's the kind of women that people are interested in. They're interested in strong women characters who are stronger than the male…

— Miranda Otto

I think I'm drawn to female characters partly because they don't have as easy or as obvious a relationship to power in society, and…

— Todd Haynes