Boys Quote by Jennifer Lawrence

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

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

For me, I believe that just seeing women be strong and tough is not answering the question of what a female hero looks like.…

— Brie Larson

A hero could be anyone who does something heroic, irrespective of the gender.

— Vicky Kaushal

Just look at the history of cinema. The most reproduced male character is probably the hero and the most reproduced female character is probably…

— Ruben Ostlund

Aren't most romance heros, or heros in fiction of any kind, generally superior to real men? Same goes for heroines and real women.

— Nora Roberts

In the theatre, a hero is one who believes that all women are ladies, a villain one who believes that all ladies are women.

— George Jean Nathan

There was a very difficult time when a female hero was a man in a woman's body. 'Hunger Games' really changed that: a woman…

— Patty Jenkins

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

The idea of romantic heroes - When you say the word hero,' it implies it's someone you look up to. We talk a lot…

— Rege-Jean Page

I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.

— Katee Sackhoff

We live in a culture that does not encourage women to be epic heroes of their own Big Stories but the mothers and lovers…

— Justine Musk