Female Characters Quotes

• Don't forget I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.

  Julia Roberts

  Love, Movie, Romantic

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• Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

  Mae West

  Sarcastic, Witty, Humorous

  "MIT Students Develop A Wearable That Detects Emotions In Speech" by Logan Strain, wearablezone.com. February 09, 2017.

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• I just started asking my friends if they had noticed. None of them - feminists, mothers, daughters - noticed until I pointed it out. Then I decided to bring it up within the industry. I knew a lot of people, so I'd say, "Have you ever noticed how few female characters there are in kids movies?" when I met a director, a producer, whatever. And they said, "Oh, but that's not true anymore."

  Geena Davis

  Mother Daughter, Kids, Character

  Interview with Emma Watson, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 25, 2016.

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• It's a fact, the majority of films in Hollywood are from the male perspective. And the female characters, very rarely do they get to speak to another female character in a movie, and when they do it's usually about a guy, not anything else. So they're very male-centric, Hollywood films, in general. So I think it's incredible that Ned Benson, when I said I'd love to know where she goes, says okay, I'm going to write another film from the female perspective.

  Jessica Chastain

  Writing, Character, Thinking

  "Jessica Chastain Wants More Female Protagonists: 'Where is the Scarlett Johansson Superhero Movie?'" by Inkoo Kang, www.indiewire.com. September 3, 2014.

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• It so happens that the major relationships in the novel [The Kite Runner] are between men, dictated not by any sort of prejudice or discomfort with female characters, but rather by the demands of the narrative.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Character, Men, Female

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• My parents put me in sports when I was 5 years old, and they put my sisters in sports. So that's what I grew up with, that mentality: "It's OK to want to be the best. Aggression is good." You have to have that little walk on the court or down the track. I love to put that into my female characters, because I don't think enough girls are taught that at a young age.

  Gina Prince-Bythewood

  Girl, Sports, Character

  Source: www.mtv.com

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• I would like to find a more precise way to not only tell the stories of female characters, but also do so in a female "way." My biggest advice would be to trust yourself.

  Danae Elon

  Character, Advice, Female

  "TIFF 2015 Women Directors: Meet Danae Elon – ‘P.S. Jerusalem’". Interview with Freja Dam, www.indiewire.com. September 11, 2015.

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• While my work is usually about the Igbo woman experience, there are many aspects of my female characters that women everywhere can and do relate to.

  Chika Anadu

  Character, Female, Aspect

  "Interview: Chika Anadu On Her Debut ‘B for Boy,’ Transitioning To Film, Telling ‘Women’s Stories,’ More". Interview with MsWOO, www.indiewire.com. October 29, 2013.

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• I've certainly seen stats that if you have a woman director or a woman screenwriter, the number of female characters goes way up.

  Emma Donoghue

  Character, Numbers, Way

  "Room" Author/Screenwriter Emma Donoghue on Her "Deeply Feminist" Film and Industry Sexism". Interview with Laura Berger, www.indiewire.com. October 16, 2015.

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• Maybe it's the culture, maybe it's the cliché of Latino machismo, but the Mediterranean male character is more dull than the female character. Women are more surprising and they have fewer prejudices.

  Pedro Almodovar

  Character, Males, Female

  Interview with Maria Delgado, www.theguardian.com. August 4, 2006.

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• I immediately noticed there were far more male characters than female characters in the programs, even now, in the 21st century.

  Geena Davis

  Character, Males, Female

  "The Conversation With Geena Davis, Leading The Charge On Gender Equity In Entertainment". Interview with Alison Glock, www.espn.com. October 30, 2015.

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• I am really inspired by strong, badass, female characters. I would start with a revenge film, then ease into stories of badass everyday woman who make a difference in their own life for the better of people and environment around them. Stories of self realization.

  Alicia Sixtos

  Strong, Revenge, Badass

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I dont fully understand my wifes emotions - and Im supposed to write an excellent female character and unravel the secret of women?

  Evan Goldberg

  Character, Writing, Secret

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• When I'm watching TV, I'm always drawn to those female characters who are doing something that I would want to do.

  Gina Holden

  Character, Female, Watching Tv

  "Gina Holden Talks Syfy’s JULES VERNE'S MYSTERIOUS ISLAND and FRINGE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 13, 2012.

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• Just look at the history of cinema. The most reproduced male character is probably the hero and the most reproduced female character is probably the sex object. I think those stereotypes have been reproduced over and over again. It also changes our expectations when it comes to a situation like this in real life.

  Ruben Ostlund

  Sex, Real, Hero

  Source: collider.com

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• What's the trick to writing a great female character? Make her human.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Writing, Character, Female

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• The female characters in my books tend to be independent, frisky, spunky, witty, emotionally strong, erotically daring, spiritually oriented and intellectually generous; in short, the kind of women I admire in real life.

  Tom Robbins

  Witty, Strong, Real

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• People often ask me if I feel discriminated against as a black female director. I don't. I'm actually offered a ton of stuff. But I only want to direct what I write. And I prefer to focus on black female characters. What's most important to me is to put characters up onscreen who are not perfect, but who are human and flawed.

  Gina Prince-Bythewood

  Writing, Character, People

  "Gina Prince-Bythewood: Gina the Dreamer. The 'Beyond the Lights' Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, newsblaze.com. October 21, 2014.

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• I would tell any actress that the trick is to play all the female characters on your show, and then all the men are yours.

  Sarah Michelle Gellar

  Character, Men, Play

  "Sarah Michelle Gellar Interview RINGER; Compares Her Return to TV to BUFFY Experience". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 12, 2011.

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• I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.

  L. J. Smith

  Girl, Strong, Writing

  "'Vampire Diaries' author L.J. Smith weighs in on the series: 'They've done an incredible job of interpreting it'" by Sabrina Weiss, www.mtv.com. September 24, 2009.

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• The funniest things just come from honesty. We have a tendency to see female characters as representative of something larger than what they are, when male characters are just characters.

  Elizabeth Meriwether

  Honesty, Character, Males

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• I find it's bizarre that science fiction is the one branch of television to push the idea of strong female characters. And I only call it bizarre because strong women aren't fiction.

  Steven Moffat

  Strong Women, Character, Ideas

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• When you encounter sophistication in the creation of a female character, you thank the writers and you claim it.

  Vera Farmiga

  Character, Encounters, Female

  "Freddie Highmore, Vera Farmiga, and Producers Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin Talk BATES MOTEL at Paley Center Panel". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 15, 2013.

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• I wasn't into fairytales when I was little. I was of the generation of the earlier Disney films where many of the female characters, with the exception of the Maleficent's, were not little girls that I admired... the little princesses. They weren't characters that I identified with. I think that's very different now for my girls and more recent films.

  Angelina Jolie

  Girl, Princess, Character

  "Maleficent - Angelina Jolie interview". Interview with Jason Palmer, Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I don't think I want to play title roles. I don't want to be the face on the poster. I don't want that pressure of having the success riding on my shoulders. I just want to play the most interesting parts. I actually think it's incredibly rare to get an interesting female character that is the lead in a film. Usually the character parts are so much more interesting to play.

  Carey Mulligan

  Character, Thinking, Play

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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