“What happens to each of my female heroes, certainly, is they find something bigger than themselves that they are honored to serve. It's not giving up your family.” GivingHappensHeroGiving UpFemaleBiggerOur FamilyHonoredNot Giving Up Author:Tamora Pierce
“The love story between the hero and the heroine has to be at the center of the book. I think that's pretty true in my books. I usually write a secondary love story, with maybe nontraditional characters. Sometimes I write older characters. I'm interested in female friendships, and family relationships. So I don't write the traditional romance, where you just have the hero and the heroine's love story. I like intertwining relationships.” ThinkingWritingBookSometimesCharacterStoriesRomanceHeroFemaleLove StoryTraditionalHeroinesFemale FriendshipFamily RelationshipFriendship And Family Author:Susan Elizabeth Phillips
“Female success stories from sporting events like the Olympic Games have played a role in shifting the Indian perception to see the female athlete as a hero and a role model for young Indian girls.” StoriesYoungGirlGamesRolesEventsHeroPerceptionModelsFemaleAthleteIndianRole ModelsShiftingOlympic GamesSuccess StoriesSporting EventsFemale Athlete Author:Richard Attias
“The 'enduring theme' [in fiction] of male competition and female competition for the hero/survivor has taken us from the fittest surviving to the brink of no one surviving. Sex roles have gone from functional to dysfunctional almost overnight. This is why the enduring theme must be questioned now.” SexFictionRolesGoneTakenHeroFemaleCompetitionEndureMalesThemeSurvivorSurviving Author:Warren Farrell
“I remember attending Toronto Comicon shortly after the release of Captain Marvel and seeing a five-year-old girl who'd come in a handmade Captain Marvel outfit with her hair moussed up - and I totally got the need for this book, for this hero. Someone who looks like her, and acts like her. So, in a way, Captain Marvel helped pave the road to the expanded role of female leads.” WayNeedsYearsLooksBookRememberGirlRolesFiveSeeingHairHeroFemaleReleaseComicFive YearsCaptainsComic BookAttendingLike HerTorontoFive Year OldsHandmade Author:Axel Alonso
“I think there need to be more female action heroines out there that are intelligent and not overly masculine and things like that so Id love to find - and real too. Not necessarily the superhero perfect archetype of what an action hero is represented as a lot of times. I would love to find that kind of action heroine role to play.” ThinkingNeedsKindRealPlayActionPerfectRolesHeroFemaleIntelligentSuperheroMasculineHeroinesArchetypeAction HeroesHeroes And Heroines Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“I'll tell you...why Wonder Woman worked. Or Bionic Woman. Or any of those [shows] really. It was because it wasn't about brawn...it was about brains. And yes, she happened to be beautiful, she happened to be kind of extraordinary in some way, but she wasn't a guy. And I think that, [now], they...put out a female hero, and all they are doing is changing the costume from a man to a woman...they're not showcasing any of the tremendous dichotomies than women possess in term of softness and toughness, sweetness and grit, inner and outer strength.” ThinkingMenWayKindShowsRealityBeautifulGuyTermCommunityLeadershipBrainWonderHistoryGenerationsHappenedFashionHuman NatureHeroFemaleStrategyExtraordinaryIndividualityIdeologyBe KindSweetnessCostumesGritToughnessSoftnessDichotomyWonder WomanBionics Author:Lynda Carter
“Just look at the history of cinema. The most reproduced male character is probably the hero and the most reproduced female character is probably the sex object. I think those stereotypes have been reproduced over and over again. It also changes our expectations when it comes to a situation like this in real life.” ThinkingLooksHas BeensRealCharacterSexSituationObjectsHeroExpectationsFemaleMalesReal LifeCinemaStereotypeFemale Characters Author:Ruben Ostlund
“Films with female protagonists don't attract many eyeballs. Most of them are perceived as feminist films. If Bollywood starts giving women major roles in entertaining movies, then the audience, too, will open up to the idea of watching commercial films in which the actresses do more than just play the role of the hero's love interest.” IfsGivingIdeasPlayFilmInterestRolesAudienceHeroMajorsFemaleFeministActressesEntertainingProtagonistsEyeballsBollywoodFemale Protagonists Author:Bipasha Basu
“I love female heroes too and would love to bring many more to the big screen in the future.” BigsHeroFemaleScreensBig Screen Author:Kevin Feige
“I have a lot of guitar heroes I guess, some of them are female and some of them are male. Robert Fripp is one of them, and Marc Ribot, that's another guitar hero.” HeroFemaleMalesGuitarGuitar Hero Author:Annie E. Clark
“Here are examples of real women who have done real things: good, bad, and in between. We're expanding not just the definition of the female or feminine hero, but also villains and more complex, nuanced female characters. Too often I hear men say, "I don't know how to write women." Here you go, here are five incredible women you can use to inspire your own stories.” KnowsMenWritingRealDoneCharacterStoriesUseKnow HowFiveExampleInspireHeroFemaleComplexesIncrediblesDefinitionsFeminineVillainExpandingReal ThingsFemale CharactersReal Women Author:Anita Sarkeesian
“I've written about teenage heroes before, on Marvel's Runaways, and I remember at the time when I pitched it, it was a team that had more female members than males. Even that caused of much discussion about, "Will there be a market for this, and should there at least be equal number of male and females?"” ShouldRememberNumbersWrittenTeamHeroEqualMembersFemaleMalesDiscussionTeenageRunaway Author:Brian K. Vaughan
“We're in a different time right now, and I think we're ready to see a different type of female hero.” ThinkingDifferentReadyTypeHeroRight NowFemaleDifferent Times Author:Brie Larson
“For me, I believe that just seeing women be strong and tough is not answering the question of what a female hero looks like. Women have their own set of skills that are worth exploring and seeing on screen.” BelieveLooksStrongI BelieveSeeingHeroSkillsToughFemaleScreensExploring Author:Brie Larson
“I think the superhero platform gives the female character, you know, a relate-ability for the male audience as well. So, I think that's why people are kinda gravitating towards female super hero characters, and also female characters in general as big parts of the film. So, that's great for us, female actors who want to do roles like that, which is really great.” PeopleThinkingGivingCharacterFilmAudienceHeroFemaleReally GreatSuperhero Author:Margot Robbie
“I think there was the studio mentality for a long time that women and girls can relate to a male hero, but boys and men can't relate to a female hero.” ThinkingMenLongGirlBoysHeroFemaleMentality Author:Jennifer Lawrence
“It's only recently women got to be action heroes on TV. Progress is slow, and often non-existent. There's plenty of cool comics with female characters... But all it takes is one Catwoman to set the cause back a decade.” CharacterActionCausesProgressTvsHeroFemaleDecadesPlentyFemale CharactersAction HeroesCatwoman Author:Joss Whedon
“I’ll leave you guys to get acquainted. Somebody show Leo to dinner when it’s time?” “I got it,” one of the girls said. Nyssa, Leo remembered. She wore camo pants, a tank top that showed off her buff arms, and a red bandanna over her mop of dark hair. Except for the smiley-face Band-Aid on her chin, she looked like one of those female action heroes, like any second she was going to grab a machine gun and start mowing down evil aliens. “Cool,” Leo said. “I always wanted a sister who could beat me up.” SaidShowsActionWantedFacesGuyGirlEvilDarkHairArmsHeroBandBeatsGunRedFemaleMachinesDinnerAidsAliensRememberedPantsTanksChinsMachine GunsSmileyDark HairAction HeroesSmiley FaceBand AidTank TopsMowingCamo Author:Rick Riordan