Characters Quote by Viola Davis Download Open image “So many women characters are extensions of male fantasy.” — Viola Davis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Characters Fantasy Male Many Women
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 Copy Share Image
My women characters should not exist only to play the 'love interest' of a male character. — Sriram Raghavan Copy Share Image
Most mainstream male fiction is littered with heroines, and female characters are basically so great, you want to fall in love with them. — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
I think there is a long exploration in American drama of women in particular who, by force of circumstances or because they are predisposed… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
There are so many female roles - particularly for young women - that are just somebody's girlfriend or somebody's daughter, or that are accessories… — Hannah Murray Copy Share Image
It's great to have female characters that have depth that you can explore instead of being the decoration or the girlfriend or the wife. — Madchen Amick Copy Share Image
I am not one to go for traditional female roles, because I don't think traditionally female characters are very interesting, and I don't think… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
The sci-fi genre just happens to have a lot of really great characters for women. — Jewel Staite Copy Share Image
There's just a deeper level of sophistication in the writing of female characters on TV. — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
I find women as writers and as characters are operating within narrow confines. They inherit a kind of ghetto of the soul. I'm trying… — Kate Braverman Copy Share Image
I do see a lot of roles that are, like, the girlfriend or the love interest or the girl next door. Maybe not totally… — Natalia Dyer Copy Share Image
It's not just about casting female protagonists. It's gotta be across the board throughout the industry. — Kathleen Kennedy Copy Share Image
I look back at pictures of myself and I remember thinking, "I was so fat when I was growing up. I was 165 pounds… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I am not a glam woman - this definitely is a mask I put on for the public. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I was bullied at school. The black girl in Central Falls, Rhode Island, in 1973. There'd be 8 or 10 boys; I would count… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
That's why there's so much bad acting out there, because you could see actors watching themselves. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I think that's why August [Wilson] named her Rose [in "Fences"]; I really do. She's a rose in her sweetness and her kindness and… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
When you're working as an actor, you don't think that when you get out of school, it's going to be so hard to get… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I suffered from low self-esteem for much of my life. And now to feel like maybe something that I'm projecting or saying could mean… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I tell my daughter every morning, 'Now, what are the two most important parts of you?' And she says, 'My head and my heart.'… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I started a production company out of necessity, the need for great narratives for actors of color. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
That's always the biggest surprise when people meet me: how buoyant I am and how fun and light I am. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
This may sound strange, but although I feel like I know everything about my characters, the brand of shampoo they use, how many cavities… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
Since I don't outline my books very much, I feel like sometimes I don't have a choice in what the characters do; they just… — Anna Todd Copy Share Image
I'm truly, 100% guided by the characters and my Muse. If one of the characters suddenly decided to do something very different, I'd just… — Lori Foster Copy Share Image
I have played several characters that are crabby and cranky. I don't know if I'm just not a very well-developed human being or if… — Judy Greer Copy Share Image
You do get fond of your characters. Handing them on is like giving a child to a nanny. — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
Your job as a writer is to find storylines, narrative structures, and characters to show the things that you believe rather than saying them… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
Being of Indian heritage is a challenge - and it's a blessing as well sometimes - because being good isn't good enough. You have… — Sacha Dhawan Copy Share Image
On the stage, the characters express themselves more through words than images. So the arguments of the characters and the tension between characters -… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
I really like all of the characters in 'The Secret History' by Donna Tartt, especially Camilla, the one girl. I find her fascinating. — Hannah Murray Copy Share Image
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