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.’
Ordinarily, I develop videogames with female characters that aren’t girlfriends, bimbos and sidekicks.
I think there are more female characters in videogames now but I also think that’s because videogames in general are more diverse now.
All too often, female characters, in particular, aren’t multi-layered enough.
Like a lot of young women, I went through an entire period where I hated female characters – I didn’t want to read about them! I thought I was going to be the cool girl who was not like other girls.
I’m drawn to female characters; not all of them are strong characters.
I like female characters that are strong in their own right and not because the author said so.
Part of the problem is that many directors treat female characters too often as precious. Or they want to live in a fantasy world where they just do spinning hook kicks and knock out guys who are six foot four, and that doesn’t work either.
I always found growing up that, even inspiring female characters or complex female characters in TV and film… I often found that their complexity was actually just another facet of their sexuality.
I like any film where the female characters are complex and have a functioning imperfection.
Women are half the population of the world, and yet there are so few female characters on-screen.
It could be partly my taste. It’s just my belief that there are female characters that will benefit from not being vulnerable.
It’s great to have female characters that have depth that you can explore instead of being the decoration or the girlfriend or the wife.
You don’t often see a cross section of female characters interacting with each other at the top of a chain.
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.
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.
I think I’m drawn to female characters partly because they don’t have as easy or as obvious a relationship to power in society, and so they suffer under social constraints or have to maneuver within them in ways men sometimes don’t or are unconscious about, or have certain liberties that are invisible to them.
I love strong female characters.
I’ve been writing American history for a long time, and I’ve had a hard time finding strong, interesting female characters. There are women, of course, in American history, but they’re hard to write about because they don’t leave much of a historical trace, and they’re not usually involved in high-profile public events.
I would love to do a chick flick sometime soon, a film with strong female characters – when I say strong, I don’t mean that they are changing the world, but just be real women.
There aren’t enough good roles for strong women. I wish we had more female writers. Most of the female characters you see in films today are the ‘poor heartbroken girl.’
I am certainly proud to add ‘Korra’ to the pantheon of TV characters, which is perpetually sorely lacking in multifaceted female characters who aren’t sidekicks, subordinates or mere trophies for male characters.
I’m extremely excited about working with Troika on ‘The Hive.’ This script has two elements I always look for in a thriller – strong, believable female characters and a smart, very dark and very creepy story that will definitely resonate with large audiences.
I like shows where the female characters are as funny as the male characters, not just commenting on how funny the male characters are.
The fact that my female characters have strong personalities but are also physically attractive probably reflects the women I’ve known in my life.
I prefer to avoid the phrase ‘strong women’ when talking about female characters and the lack thereof or the need therefore, because it’s not about being strong, it’s also about being vulnerable, funny etc.
That’s one reason I really love ‘Supergirl.’ It’s a great show for people to watch with their children – sons and daughters alike. It features strong female characters which is always something to appreciate.
Something happened to me when I wrote female characters in my early plays; it was a real liberation.
I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.
One of the most interesting female characters I’ve written about was Meg Riddoch, the lead character in ‘The Thompson Gunner’.
I was always looking for the female characters in sci-fi and fantasy who were more than just the girlfriend.
I love flawed female characters, duking it out.
All the female characters in ‘The Gifted’ are stronger than the men. We’re not waiting around to be saved but spearheading the missions.
After my first book, many of my readers came back to tell me that the female characters I had created were not strong enough. I have consciously rectified that in my next four books. In any case, it’s true that women run the world, and men would do better to listen to them!
I think you leave your imprint on every screenplay. I like to bring my experience as a woman to all my female characters that hopefully makes them a little more layered and complex.
I can’t imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting.
I am not one to go for traditional female roles, because I don’t think traditionally female characters are very interesting, and I don’t think they represent real life.
There’s no need for a female character that does things like a male character; that’s not what makes interesting female characters in my view.
I don’t try and write strong female characters or strong male characters, I just try and write, hopefully, strong characters and sometimes they happen to be female.
I just love strong female characters in general, not necessarily because, ‘She’s evil’ or ‘Oh, because she’s good.’
When I look at female characters, I want to recognize myself in them: my trials, my tribulations as a mother, as a lover, as a daughter.
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