Character Quote by Kristen Stewart

I suppose the cult of the strong woman character on TV has probably been misinterpreted in so many different ways, meaning that a woman…

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Strong female characters - even if they don't necessarily make the same decisions that we might - make such great narrative material, especially when…

— Meg Cabot

I prefer to avoid the phrase 'strong women' when talking about female characters and the lack thereof or the need therefore, because it's not…

— Zawe Ashton

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

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

In a lot of TV shows out there, the women are the weak ones, and the men are the strong ones.

— Sophie Turner

I'm always conscious when I'm writing a story that the women in my books need to save themselves. They don't need to be scooped…

— Karin Slaughter

I really do love male characters, in some ways, for the fact that they get surprised when they're vulnerable. Women are more surprised by…

— Courtney A. Kemp

“Why aren’t you asking a hundred other guys why they don’t write strong women characters? I believe that what I’m doing should not be…

— Joss Whedon

I think that there's a tendency for actors who play strong women to have them take on all the worst characteristics of men, to…

— Carla Gugino

I feel like women have an easier time separating from their characters than men do.

— Vanessa Hudgens

I'm always surprised when people talk about strong female characters because I feel like we all are.

— Lotte Verbeek