Character Quote by Jurnee Smollett-Bell

Even in stories that I like, with a female character that I love deeply, it always feels like there's something that she has to…

— Noelle Stevenson

I relate to that idea of not necessarily seeking out 'interesting female roles,' but 'this character, this role, who happens to be a woman,…

— Phillipa Soo

I think that often my work is obscured by my gender identity.

— Hari Nef

I really get fired up with female protagonists. I can really feel the difference in myself when I am writing a script that has…

— Linda Woolverton

There are great female role models out there, and I just feel very proud to be able to represent them in my work.

— Jed Mercurio

I don't think there's any great mystery to writing female characters, so long as you talk to them. If you lived in a monastery…

— Ken Follett

While my work is usually about the Igbo woman experience, there are many aspects of my female characters that women everywhere can and do…

— Chika Anadu

I just thought that if you are going to do a one-woman show you need to come with it, you know? Don't just stand…

— Kim Wayans

I create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.

— Hayao Miyazaki

It's very exciting to feel like a different woman with a new identity.

— Trinny Woodall

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

— Sriram Raghavan

As much as it's really important, obviously, as a woman in the industry to be choosing the stories which represent women, you also have…

— Jessica Barden