“When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.”
Women have always shaped the world, even when the world refused to acknowledge it. These quotes explore feminism, strength, identity, motherhood, ambition, and the ongoing work of making sure half the population gets a full seat at the table.
“Women don't want to hear what you think. Women want to hear what they think - in a deeper voice.”
“When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.”
“Oh, if I could but live another century and see the fruition of all the work for women! There is so much yet to be done.”
“To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.”
“Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes' They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'”
“Women are the engine driving the growth in California's economy. Women make California's economy unique.”
“It's always wonderful to get to know women, with the mystery and the joy and the depth. If you can make a woman laugh, you're seeing the most beautiful thing on God's Earth.”
“Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream.”
“Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence.”
“I love vampire stories. That's why I did the movie. Women especially were taken with that movie-even more so when it came out on video.”
“I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.”
“There is a real vulgarity in the way women dress at the moment. They show off too much and try too hard. They don't understand where the line is between sexy and vulgar. I know where that line is.”
“There's something incredibly sexy about sand and sweat and dunes photographed like women's backs.”
“It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.”
“The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion.”
“There's a certain kind of behavior in the Arab world that, to me, resembles the way young men behave when there is no significant influence from women in their lives.”