“The idea of Cable as a man out to protect his daughter by any means necessary gives the character an emotional heft and underlines everything he does. It's richly fulfilling.” MenGivingMeanDoeIdeasCharacterEmotionalProtectDaughterFulfillingCables Author:Tom Brevoort
“Washing the Dead is an illuminating and intricately layered novel about the complicated legacies that pass from mother to daughter, and about the ways that understanding our own history helps make us who we are. Michelle Brafman is an insightful writer who never falters or flinches in her quest to uncover the hearts of her characters.” WayHeartCharacterHelpingMotherUnderstandingNovelDaughterComplicatedLegacyWho We AreInsightfulQuestsWashingMother DaughterIlluminating Author:Carolyn Parkhurst
“We were pregnant at the time, and while I was out there I started to realize that if I had a daughter, there would come a day when I would have to apologize to her for my profession. I would have to apologize for the way it treats and speaks to women readers, and the way it treats its female characters.” IfsWayBookCharacterSpeakRealizingReaderDaughterFemaleTreatsProfessionComicPregnantApologizingComic BookFemale CharactersWere Pregnant Author:Matt Fraction
“It is a notable circumstance that mothers who are themselves open to severe comments as to their, moral character, are generally most solicitous as to the virtuous behavior of their daughters.” CharacterMotherMoralCircumstancesMoralityBehaviorDaughterCommentVirtuousSevereNotableMoral Character Author:Antoine Rivarol
“When I pick a role, one of the things that I aspire to is that somebody's parent will come up to me after the film has come out and say, "My daughter idealizes that character. You're her hero." That's what I aim for. We're in the business of making heroes.” CharacterFilmParentRolesHeroPicksDaughterAimCome UpMy DaughterAspire Author:Evangeline Lilly
“I am the daughter of Mr. Neo-realism: I should gravitate towards narrative simply told, character, the truth. And I do love those movies.” ShouldCharacterDaughterNarrativeRealism Author:Isabella Rossellini
“Rosanne Daryl Thomas's tale of her enchantment by bees is a delight to read. It also contains close observations of the natural world, tales of failure and triumph with the hives, and a stellar cast of characters that includes her daughter, their cats, the hapless Farmer Tom, Pete the crossing guard, and, most important, the Bee Master. Every word tastes sweet as honey.” WorldImportantCharacterNaturalSweetMastersTasteDaughterCatCastsDelightTalesObservationTriumphFarmersHoneyTomsBeesNatural WorldCrossingsEnchantmentHivesStellar Author:Janet Lembke
“It was a dagger in the haughty father's heart, an arrow in his brain, to see how the flesh and blood he could not disown clung to this obscure stranger, and he sitting by. Not that he cared to whom his daughter turned, or from whom turned away. The swift sharp agony struck through him, as he thought of what his son might do.” HeartCharacterMightFatherInterestingBrainBloodSonDaughterSittingStrangerFleshAgonyObscureArrowsFlesh And BloodDaggersInteresting CharactersHaughty Book:Dombey and Son ... With frontispiece by H. K. Browne Source: Dombey and Son ... With frontispiece by H. K. Browne
“I wrapped a movie called 'Zombieland,' in which I was constantly under assault by zombies, then flew to New York, still very much in character. With my daughter at the airport I was startled by a paparazzo, who I quite understandably mistook for a zombie.” StillsCharacterNew YorkDaughterMy DaughterAssaultZombieAirportsFlewZombieland Author:Woody Harrelson
“For my second novel, The Apothecary's Daughter, my editor encouraged me to think of another unusual profession for a woman to have. That led to the main character, Lilly Haswell, who finds herself doing the work of an apothecary at a time when it was illegal for women to do so.” ThinkingCharacterNovelDaughterProfessionIllegalEditorsUnusualMain CharactersApothecary Author:Julie Klassen
“Women have a mother-nature and a daughter-nature; there are no women with a wife-nature. The quality of wife is an acquired character; it is a combination of mother and daughter.” CharacterMotherQualityMarriageWifeDaughterCombinationMother NatureMother And Daughter Author:Lu Xun
“I love Renée Zellweger, she can do no wrong in my eyes. I relate to every character she embodies, because she has no pretense. I also love Amy Adams: She's so kind and talented, and whenever I watch her I think, I want to be her friend-I've seen Enchanted many times with my daughter. Meryl Streep, of course. And I love what Cate Blanchett brings to every movie she does.” ThinkingWantKindDoeCharacterEyeCoursesCan DoWatchesDaughterRelateMy DaughterPretenseEnchantedAmy Author:Katie Holmes
“I used my daughter's crayons for each main character. One end of the wallpaper was the beginning of the story, and the other end was the end, and then there was all that middle part, which was the middle.” EndsCharacterStoriesUsedMiddleDaughterMy DaughterMain CharactersCrayon Book:Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-five Source: Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-five
“We [me and Jennifer Salke] talked about the characters and different kinds of families and where are we today. We certainly pitched the gay couple, but we also talked about what it was like to be a single mother with a young daughter, what is it like to be a woman in your 50's who is completely starting over and dating again and having to go online to date again. We talked about the whole spectrum of the characters, but I don't think it ever came up about whether people are ready for it or not.” PeopleThinkingKindDifferentWholeCharacterTodayYoungMotherReadyCoupleGayDaughterDatingStartingOnlineDifferent KindsSpectrumStarting OverJenniferSingle MotherGay CouplesYoung Daughter Author:Ryan T. Murphy
“I think the relationship between mother and daughter is so interesting, even in a semi-normal family. Emily Thorne/Amanda Clarke's family relationship is going to be so interesting to explore. It is going to give me so many places to go. Obviously, it has been said that she is not the most stable of characters. What is interesting about that, when you think about mental health, is that young women will often come into those problems and difficulties in their 20's, so it is very possible that this will start to affect her psyche.” ThinkingGivingHas BeensSaidCharacterProblemYoungMotherInterestingNormalDaughterGive MeDifficultyMental HealthStableYoung WomenEmilyMother And DaughterPlaces To GoAmandaFamily RelationshipNormal Family Author:Emily VanCamp
“People would stop me in the street - my demographic tends to be the elderly Jewish women from Miami; I think they tend to fancy me as someone that would've been good with their daughter or something - and a lot of them will do the wrist-slapping thing. "Oh, you're a terrible man! Just terrible!" And I'm, like, "Well, it's just a show. I'm just playing a character."” PeopleThinkingMenWellsCharacterShowsStreetsTerribleDaughterFancyElderlyWristsMiamiDemographicsSlapping Author:Peter Jacobson
“I love my job so much. I thought, what a cool way for kids to learn, via assignment, via reporting. I learn so much as an adult going around and covering these stories. How fun it would be to do it via a storybook app and cartoon characters. My daughter can work on an iPhone and iPad like crazy. That's their world. If you can use that, use it educationally.” IfsWorldWayCharacterStoriesUseWould BeKidsJobsFunCrazyDaughterAdultsMy DaughterCartoonCoveringIphoneAssignmentsAppsIpadsCartoon Character Author:Nancy O'Dell
“I am one Dana when I am talking to my daughter, another when I am talking to the IRS, and another still when I do an interview. These characters are just extreme versions of ordinary human self-switching.” HumansStillsSelfCharacterTalkingOrdinaryDaughterExtremesVersionsInterviewsMy DaughterIrsSwitching Author:Dana Spiotta
“Oddly, I think if you look at comic books, you look at the shelves in the store, it's predominantly male characters, historically. But if you look outside the window it's 52-percent female, and something odd is going on there. So I do think it's your responsibility as a writer, really, to create stuff that little girls can get into too. I want my daughters to have role models that are female.” IfsThinkingWantLooksLittlesBookCharacterGirlStuffResponsibilityRolesModelsPercentDaughterFemaleWindowMalesStoresComicOddMy DaughterRole ModelsComic BookShelves Author:Mark Millar
“If I'm creating a new superhero, it shouldn't be any different from other superheroes in terms of the qualities. Obviously the personality can be different. I think traditionally in comics women have tended to be a girlfriend or the daughter of whoever, whether it's even Batgirl as Gordon's daughter, or whatever. There is that relation of the hero, you know, like Superman's cousin, Supergirl. And that's great. It's fantastic to have a link to these amazing characters, but I kind of like the idea of things being something in their own right, which is why I've always loved Wonder Woman.” IfsThinkingKnowsKindIdeasDifferentCharacterTermQualityWonderPersonalityHeroCreatingDaughterRelationFantasticGirlfriendLinksSuperheroCousinWonder WomanSupergirl Author:Mark Millar
“My daughter was a toddler. I had no idea there was anything wrong with kids' media.I started watching little preschool shows with her or G-rated videos or whatever; I couldn't believe what I was seeing, that there seemed to be far more male characters than female characters in what we make for little kids. It was just a shock.” BelieveLittlesIdeasCharacterShowsKidsSeeingMediaDaughterFemaleMalesVideoNo IdeaShockMy DaughterLittle KidFemale CharactersToddlerPreschool Author:Geena Davis
“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."” PeopleIfsSaidCharacterKidsMotherIndustryMetsDirectorsDaughterMy FriendsFemaleDecidedAskingFeministProducersThey SaidFemale CharactersMother DaughterKids Movie Author:Geena Davis
“I'm the mother of two daughters, one of whom is going to get possessed. It's really spooky and great. I'm shooting it right now. That's why I'm in Chicago. I wanted to tell you about the other direction that this trying-to-get-more-female-characters thing has taken, which is that I launched my own film festival last year.” TryingYearsTwoCharacterWantedLastsFilmMotherMy OwnTakenRight NowDaughterFemaleShootingChicagoPossessedLast YearFestivalsFemale CharactersSpookyFilm FestivalsTwo Daughters Author:Geena Davis
“Sausage Party is my first animated film, and there's a doll of me. There's a doll of all the characters. There's a doll of me, and I found it on Amazon. It just came out. I ordered it, and I just got it the other day. I was like, "I'm going to order 25 more of these." My daughter really loves it.” FirstsCharacterFilmOrderFoundPartyDaughterMy DaughterAnimatedDollsAmazonSausageAnimated Films Author:David Krumholtz
“The main thing about the character [in the Ordinary World] is that he loves music, and he shares it with his daughter. He's having a mid-life moment, and it's a small moment, really. I think that the character actually really loves where he's at, in his life. He's just trying to have it make a little bit more sense while he figures out what he actually wants to do with it.” ThinkingWorldWantTryingLittlesMomentsCharacterBitsShareFiguresLittle BitOrdinaryDaughterMusic LoveSmall MomentsOrdinary World Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“Women without children are also the best of mothers,often, with the patience,interest, and saving grace that the constant relationship with children cannot always sustain. I come to crave our talk and our daughters gain precious aunts. Women who are not mothering their own children have the clarity and focus to see deeply into the character of children webbed by family. A child is fortuante who feels witnessed as a peron,outside relationships with parents by another adult.” FeelsChildrenCharacterMotherParentInterestFocusGraceDaughterAdultsGainsConstantParentingClaritySavingCraveAuntMotheringOur DaughterSaving Grace Author:Louise Erdrich
“Daughter, we didn't need your note - or a prince's visit - to tell us you'd done nothing wrong. We know the daughter we raised. We fear for your future, but never for your character. You take our love and our trust wherever you wander. Father.” KnowsNeedsDoneCharacterFatherDaughterNotesRaisedWanderOur LoveYour Future Author:Gail Carson Levine