Strong Female Characters Quotes

• The misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance, and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who's confronted with it.

  Joss Whedon

  Men, Soul, Balance

  Equality Now Tribute Address, delivered 15 May 2006, Men on the Front Lines Honoree

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• Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity, we need it to stand on this earth as men and women, and the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who's confronted with it. We need Equality, and we kind of need it now. 'So why do you write these strong female characters?' Because you're still asking that question.

  Joss Whedon

  Strong, Writing, Character

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• Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women.

  Joss Whedon

  Inspiring, Equality, Men

  Equality Now Tribute Address, delivered 15 May 2006, Men on the Front Lines Honoree

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• Two phrases I hate in reference to female characters are 'strong' and 'feisty.' They really annoy me. It's the most condescending thing. You say that about a three-year-old. It infantilises women.

  Helen Mirren

  Strong, Hate, Character

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• I certainly relate to Ygritte in the fact that she is so strong and also ruthless as well and I feel that especially within Game of Thrones, I think that as a show, it is one of the frontrunners for showing dominant female characters and making sure that men answer to women rather than the other way around.

  Rose Leslie

  Strong, Character, Men

  "Game Of Thrones: Access' Countdown To Season 3 Q&A - Rose Leslie Talks Ygritte". Interview with Jolie Lash, www.accesshollywood.com. March 5, 2013.

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• A movie about a weak, vulnerable woman can be feminist if it shows a real person that we can empathize with.

  Natalie Portman

  Real, Feminist, Vulnerable

  "Natalie Portman: Science's unlikely heroine?" by Sheena McKenzie, www.cnn.com. November 01, 2013.

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• The fact that my female characters have strong personalities but are also physically attractive probably reflects the women I've known in my life.

  Sidney Sheldon

  Strong Women, Character, Personality

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• I'm really attracted to strong women. Let me rephrase that, I'm really attracted to strong female characters.

  Portia de Rossi

  Strong Women, Character, Female

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• What makes a strong female character is a character who has weaknesses, who has flaws, who is maybe not immediately likable, but eventually relatable.

  Tavi Gevinson

  Strong, Character, Weakness

  "A teen just trying to figure it out". TEDxTeen Talk, www.ted.com. March 2012.

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• At the end of the day I have many answers for it. It has to do with my mom, who was an extraordinary woman, and a great feminist. It has to do with the people in my life. It has to do with a lot of different things, but -- I don't know! Because I'm not just writing from the female characters for other people. I have a desire to see them in our culture -- that was not met for most of my childhood. Except occasionally by James Cameron. [From the 2011 San Diego Comic Con, in response to being asked why he writes strong female characters.]

  Joss Whedon

  Mom, Strong, Writing

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• When I'm looking for a strong female character, or a strong character at all, I'm looking for a character that has a purpose in that story, that has an interior life of some sort. They don't have to be physically strong; they don't have to be morally strong or ethically strong, because men and women come in a huge variety of all of those things. Emotionally, ethically - I'm less concerned with that. I just don't want them to be props. That's the only thing that offends me.

  Kelly Sue DeConnick

  Strong, Character, Men

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• I'm attracted to films that have strong female characters because there are strong female characters in my life.

  Ryan Gosling

  Strong, Character, Profound

  "These Celebrity Men Love Their Moms, Would Totally Make Them Their Valentines" by April Sperry, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 12, 2014.

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• I think there is a wonderful trend of strong female characters on television right now.

  Amanda Schull

  Strong, Character, Thinking

  Source: www.realstylenetwork.com

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

  Elizabeth Hand

  Strong, Character, World

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• I was thinking about what I wanted to write next, after my first novel, and had decided that I wanted to write a story with a lot of strong female characters in it.

  Joan D. Vinge

  Strong, Writing, Character

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• Often, as a young actress, you find yourself being the only girl in a room full of men... and one of the reasons why I like 'Grey's Anatomy' is because they have such strong female characters and the women really drive this show.

  Rachael Taylor

  Girl, Strong, Character

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I want to do a little bit of everything. I want to play a good, strong female character.

  Shannon Elizabeth

  Strong, Character, Play

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting.

  William Gibson

  Strong, Book, Writing

  Interview with Zack Handlen, www.avclub.com. September 7, 2010.

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• I tend to like strong female characters. It just interests me dramatically. A strong male character isn't interesting because it has been done and it's so cliched. A weak male character is interesting: somebody else hasn't done it a hundred times. A strong female character is still interesting to me because it hasn't been done all that much, finding the balance of femininity and strength. [From a 1986 Fangoria interview]

  James Cameron

  Strong, Character, Interesting

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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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• It was a great joy for me to develop a strong female character in the spirit of an Icelandic woman. Icelandic women tend to be very strong and very independent, and I think that came in very handy.

  Anita Briem

  Strong, Character, Independent

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• Strong female characters - even if they don't necessarily make the same decisions that we might - make such great narrative material, especially when there's an equally strong male character in the mix.

  Meg Cabot

  Strong, Character, Decision

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• I find that in the science fiction world, you have almost more women fans than male fans and I think it's because there's been such a shortage of strong female characters.

  Katee Sackhoff

  Strong, Character, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• I think it's important that we have strong, female characters in movies now, which can really leave an impression on people - especially young people - and that they're not 'sexy' or 'cool'.

  Saoirse Ronan

  Sexy, Strong, Character

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• It's nice to do something about something that scares you rather than just run from it and hope that someone saves you. I like seeing strong female characters and somebody who doesn't run away screaming when scared, but confronts the monsters.

  Katie Holmes

  Running, Strong, Nice

  "Actress Katie Holmes Experiences Dread in Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark & Talks About It". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 7, 2011.

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