Damsel In Distress Quotes

• I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've got to let me do a little action here.

  Kirsten Dunst

  Want, Littles, Action

  "Dunst caught in 'Spider-Man' web". Interview with Paul Clinton, edition.cnn.com. May 1, 2002.

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• I don't do damsel in distress very well. It's hard for me to play a victim.

  Scarlett Johansson

  Play, Victim, Wells

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• When I look around the world, I don't see too many damsels in distress. If they're a damsel in distress, they're manipulating some guy to help them.

  Sigourney Weaver

  Guy, Looks, World

  "Sigourney Weaver: No Damsel In Distress". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. July 13, 2012.

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• I think that young women and little girls need to see that they don't have to be the damsel in distress. They don't have to not show their strength. They don't have to be whatever the stereotype is or the tropes that we go to in our minds.

  Octavia Spencer

  Girl, Thinking, Mind

  "INSURGENT Interview: Shailene Woodley, Naomi Watts, and Octavia Spencer". Press conference, collider.com. March 20, 2015.

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• I might be the only chick in the group, but that didn't make me the damsel in distress.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Groups, Might, Chicks

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• I'd never been a good damsel in distress. I was a "hands-on" damsel.

  Jennifer Armintrout

  Strong, Hands, Distress

  Jennifer Armintrout (2007). “Blood Ties Book Two: Possession”, p.106, MIRA

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• There's damsels in distress out there, and we got all this beer.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Beer, Distress

  Song: Gypsies In The Palace

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• Especially in entertainment geared toward young people, the women are much stronger than they used to be. There's not really the damsel in distress anymore. I think the stereotype still possibly lives in different genre pictures but, in entertainment for the younger generation, they're used to women being equal and being strong. I think if you don't portray that, it would be kind of weird.

  Jessica Alba

  Strong, Thinking, People

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• This isn't a romance. You're not a damsel in distress and I'm not the handsome prince come to save you.

  CJ Roberts

  Romance, Handsome, Distress

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• I have a fetish for damsels in distress.” “Don’t be sexist.” “Not at all. My services are also available to gentlemen in distress. It’s an equal opportunity fetish.

  Cassandra Clare

  Opportunity, Gentleman, Sexist

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “City of Glass”, p.135, Simon and Schuster

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• What makes you think I'm giving you a ride?” “Because I'm a damsel in distress,” she said. “And you are a knight in whatever. A really dirty car.

  Neil Gaiman

  Dirty, Thinking, Knights

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• ...as your father, my instinct is to protect you ... Other people will want to protect you too. But remember that you are not a damsel in distress, waiting for some prince to rescue you. Forget the prince. With your brain and your resourcefulness, you can rescue yourself.

  Brad Meltzer

  Father, People, Waiting

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• So welcome 'Damsels in Distress,' an exhilarating gift of a comedy about college, the female intellect, the limitless male ego, inventing a new dance, and suicide prevention... This is the world as Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.

  Peter Travers

  Suicide, College, Two

  "Damsels in Distress" by Peter Travers, www.rollingstone.com. April 5, 2012.

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• Guinevere has been done quite a few times, especially as a mature young woman, who either is the damsel in distress or the warrior, strong-willed woman. Chris wanted a variety of things in this Guinevere. He predominately wanted her to be real and natural, and make mistakes and be passionate, and be the feisty young girl, but then also completely naive, innocent and ignorant, at the same time.

  Tamsin Egerton

  Girl, Strong, Real

  Source: collider.com

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• I used to have an eBay addiction. I was really good at selling stuff. My sister needed to get to a funeral in Ireland - the airlines were on strike - so I listed her on eBay: damsel in distress. Guys were outbidding guys to be the hero and help her. A guy who owned a helicopter won.

  James Blunt

  Hero, Ebay, Addiction

  "He Writes the Songs You Love". Interview with Carole Radziwill, www.glamour.com. September 30, 2007.

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• I have a fetish for damsels in distress.

  SebastiAn

  Fetish, Distress

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• So are you going to be my knight in shining armor or what?' Kent does a little bow. 'You know I can't resist a damsel in distress.

  Lauren Oliver

  Knights, Shining, Doe

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• I have to get back there." I said to Adrian. "Into that door." He arched an eyebrow. "What, like sneaking in? How very black ops of you. And oh, you know— dangerous and foolish." "I know." I said, surprised at how calm I sounded as I admitted that. "But I have to know something, and this may be my only chance." "Then I'll go with you in case that guy comes back," he said with a sigh. "Never let it be said Adrian Ivashkov doesn't help damsels in distress.

  Richelle Mead

  Doors, Eyebrows, Guy

  Richelle Mead (2011). “Bloodlines”, p.154, Penguin

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• Mosca said nothing. The word ‘damsel’ rankled with her. She suddenly thought of the clawed girl from the night before, jumping the filch on an icy street. Much the same age and build as Beamabeth, and far more beleaguered. What made a girl a ‘damsel in distress’? Were they not allowed claws? Mosca had a hunch that if all damsels had claws they would spend a lot less time ‘in distress’.

  Frances Hardinge

  Girl, Night, Jumping

  Frances Hardinge (2011). “Twilight Robbery”, p.105, Pan Macmillan

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• When coming up with Wonder Woman cover designs, sometimes people will pitch ideas to me, either the writer or the editor. And it's interesting, because I know they're not trying to, but they end up pitching things that end up feeling like damsel-in-distress covers, where the tension comes from her needing to be rescued somehow. And it's something I immediately push back against.

  Cliff Chiang

  Book, Editors, Ideas

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