Growing Quote by Virginia Madsen

I had both male and female heroes.

— Sally Ride

My motivation was I wanted to look like my favorite super heroes when I was a kid. Pretty cheesy, but that is what got…

— Scott Herman

I wanted to have very strong female characters. I just thought it was always the way the world should be.

— Elizabeth Hand

We've always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them.

— Famke Janssen

I was always looking up to supermodels. They were, like, my superheroes.

— Kendall Jenner

I always wanted to be a superhero.

— Charles Michael Davis

I want to keep playing strong female roles. I don't mean superheroes, but women who are really alive.

— Bel Powley

We played a show and dressed up as super heroes. I was Superman.

— Oliver Sykes

I think the superhero platform gives the female character, you know, a relate-ability for the male audience as well. So, I think that's why…

— Margot Robbie

'Heroes' was great, but I was like the sorority sister, the friend. So often, we as black women, we are cast as the best…

— Candice Patton

I love female heroes too and would love to bring many more to the big screen in the future.

— Kevin Feige

A lot of characters now on TV have moved into being anti-heroes, but I wanted to be the hero.

— Kieran Bew