Cinema Quote by Yasmine Hamdan

I grew up surrounded by strong women, and that was a very strong influence.

— Sebastian Lelio

My whole drive to be an actor was finding roles that I really believed represent modern women, the struggles that we deal with. Women…

— Reese Witherspoon

The media had built my perception of being a strong woman because of my personal life. I wanted to play the damsel in distress,…

— Neena Gupta

There were musicians that influenced me, but they weren't all women. Teena Marie was a big influence because she wrote and produced her own…

— Queen Latifah

Growing up, it was difficult to find role models I could relate too. Mass media told me to emulate sexy singers or sexy actresses.…

— Lynsey Dyer

Having been in some roles that really resonated with women, I became hyper-aware of how women are represented in Hollywood.

— Geena Davis

Growing up with strong female role models is always inspiring, and growing up, that was something I aspired to play.

— Hannah John-Kamen

I was raised by muses. Women who had men in awe of them and who wrote them movies and wrote them music.

— Lou Doillon

I grew up in a family of strong women and I owe any capacity I have to understand women to my mother and big…

— Ryan Gosling

I should say that feminism gave me permission to deal with my own emotional life and put it up front in certain ways, or…

— Yvonne Rainer

I was shocked into the realization that I myself had played an unwitting role as a movie star and sex symbol in perpetrating the…

— Jane Fonda

The beautiful 1940s women were a strong influence for me.

— Rachel Roy