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“There's no shortage of female role models. They're everywhere - in history, in literature, in the news. Just look around.”

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Author:Keri Russell

“At first, being a female role model really terrified me. But it hasn't turned out to be an awful burden. I get a lot of letters from women who tell me that, after watching Xena, they have bought the Harley-Davidson they always wanted or left an abusive relationship.”

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Author:Lucy Lawless

“Aging is fraught with difficulties, most particularly for women who have been socialized to think of youth as beauty and the female role as reproduction.”

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Book:Encounters with Aging: Mythologies of Menopause in Japan and North America

Source: Encounters with Aging: Mythologies of Menopause in Japan and North America

“Female roles in comedies are usually quite silly, I think.”

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Author:Naomi Watts

“It's hard because I seek out strong female roles. I turn down a lot of stuff, not because it's not good, but because I don't want to play certain types of characters. I don't like to just play the pretty girl.”

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Author:Gina Holden

“I think you're just always trying to find really great, interesting female roles. That's the thing for me. You do have to think about what you're signing up for.”

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Author:Georgina Haig

“Television is also a great tool for women. As you know, the best female roles are often on television, so it's a very exciting time. I've really embraced it. The pace is great, but also not so great sometimes. You feel like you have to make sure to pay attention, at all times, to not let anything slip through.”

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Author:Diane Kruger

“I don't really want to play parts that I think are not fully developed or fleshed out, especially with female roles.”

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Author:Romola Garai

“There was one female role, which was Emily. When I did the audition, I flubbed up. It was my first audition back from Christmas break, and I flubbed up and was devastated. In the audition room, they were like, "Oh, you did great!," but you never really know. So, I left the audition in tears.”

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Author:Tinsel Korey

“For a long time, way back in the ’30s and ’40s, there were fabulous female roles. Bette Davis and all those people had incredible, great roles. After World War II, something happened where it was not only "get out of the factories," but "get out of the movies." That's when women's roles started to really [change].”

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Author:Geena Davis

“I hate to disappoint my haters, but I'm not the least bit interested in being a man. I'm perfectly satisfied with the female role.”

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Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair

“There are not many female role models to guide voters, and the tradition that a Southern woman's place is in the home still lingers in some quarters.”

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Author:Madeleine M. Kunin

“For acting, if there's a strong female role and there is that action element, for me that just feels really natural.”

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Author:Marisa Miller

“But it is Bella, not the supernaturals she falls in with, who is the true horror show here, at least as a female role model.”

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Author:Peggy Orenstein