“I'm a high femme lesbian who loves butch women. That erotic identity has an enormous amount to do with how I live my life, who I live my life with and what it is we can or can't do.” IdentityAmountEnormousLiving My LifeEroticI Live My LifeFemme Author:Amber Hollibaugh
“When men create movies about femme fatales, it really is always about how that female can destroy that male. It's not really about what's happening on the interior of that female.” MenHappeningsFemaleMalesInteriorsFemmeFemme Fatale Author:Anna Biller
“And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters. They're a lot of fun, they're sexy, they're manipulative, they're dangerous.” IdeasCharacterFunDangerousSexyManipulativeFemmeFemme Fatale Author:Brian De Palma
“Perfume is like a personal signature, which is why I like to mix my own. For years I've paired Femme by Rochas with Shalimar and love the results.” YearsMy OwnResultsAnd LovePerfumeSignaturesFemme Author:Danielle Steel
“For all the feminist jabber about women being victimized by fashion, it is men who most suffer from conventions of dress. Every day, a woman can choose from an army of personae, femme to butch, and can cut or curl her hair or adorn herself with a staggering variety of artistic aids. But despite the Sixties experiments in peacock dress, no man can rise in the corporate world today, outside the entertainment industry, with long hair or makeup or purple velvet suits.” MenWorldLongTodaySufferingCuttingFashionHairIndustryArmyDressesFeministEntertainmentAidsExperimentsDespiteSuitsVarietyArtisticCorporateMakeupConventionsSixtyPurpleWorld TodayCurlsVelvetEntertainment IndustryStaggeringFemmeLong HairPeacockCorporate World Author:Camille Paglia
“I suppose you could pass for a starlet. You do have that femme fatale air about you. Like you crush boys’ dreams in your spare time.” DreamBoysAirLike YouCrushSparesFemmeSpare TimeFemme FataleStarlets Book:Just One Wish Source: Just One Wish
“I've been playing sexually aware women most of my life. At this point I expected to be playing moms and wives. It's exciting to play a femme fatale.” PlayWifeMomExcitingExpectedSexuallyFemmeFemme Fatale Author:Kim Cattrall
“I’ve never considered myself a femme fatale as I’ve never seduced anyone and ruined their lives. At least as far as I know.” KnowsRuinedFemmeFemme Fatale Author:Scarlett Johansson
“Elizabeth Taylor is pre-feminist woman. This is the source of her continuing greatness and relevance. She wields the sexual power that feminism cannot explain and has tried to destroy. Through stars like Taylor, we sense the world-disordering impact of legendary women like Delilah, Salome, and Helen of Troy. Feminism has tried to dismiss the femme fatale as a misogynist libel, a hoary clich?. But the femme fatale expresses women's ancient and eternal control of the sexual realm. The specter of the femme fatale stalks all men's relations with women.” MenWorldActorsStarsActingPowerFeminismGreatnessSourceEternalRelationImpactAncientFeministRealmsContinuingRelevanceStalkingLegendaryHelenFemmeLibelFemme FataleSalomeHelen Of Troy Book:Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays Source: Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays
“Well, I'm not at all like the tough, sexy femme fatale in Confidence but it's fun to play people who're really different from you, from different cultures and places. I suppose I'm a bit quieter than most of the people I play.” PeopleWellsDifferentPlayCultureFunBitsToughSexyDifferent CulturesFemmeFemme Fatale Author:Rachel Weisz
“Growing up I wasn’t sure I was female. As I grew further I wanted to be a lesbian but I wasn’t sure I would meet even the most basic membership criteria (though eventually I created a ‘femme dyke’ persona that worked well for over fifteen years). It wasn’t until my early twenties that I was sure of at least one thing: I was an artist. Quite an accomplishment for anyone assigned female at birth in a culture that calls only male artists ‘great’.” YearsWellsWantedArtistCultureGrowing UpGrowingOne ThingGrewBirthFemaleTwentiesMalesAccomplishmentFifteenCriteriaPersonaMembershipFifteen YearsFemmeDykes Author:Del LaGrace Volcano
“I always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a girl. I wanted to be a woman.” WantedYoungGirlWomenFeminismFemaleEmpoweringWomen EmpowermentEmpowering WomenWomen Empowering WomenFemmeFemme FataleEmpowering Female Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“I am cursed with a right leg that arouses the desire of any male dog that happens to be passing. I used to think that this only happened to me but I've discovered that many people have the same problem. They have a femme fatale limb.” PeopleThinkingProblemHappensFunnyUsedDesireHappenedDogMalesLegsPassingPassingsLimbsCursedFemmeFemme Fatale Author:Jasper Carrott
“I would love to play the Femme Fatale or an action role like Trinity in the Matrix or something like that. You know, a part with a lot of costume changes.” KnowsPlayActionRolesCostumesTrinityFemmeFemme Fatale Author:Josie Maran
“Mary Martin was Broadway's biggest closet king. Everyone thought Ethel (Merman) was butch and maybe a lesbian, but she wasn't. And everyone thought that lovely little Mary was Miss Femme, and she was -- except next to her gay husband. In other words, don't judge a star by her cover.” LittlesNextStarsMissingJudgingKingsGayHusbandLovelyMaryClosetsBroadwayFemme Author:Bob Fosse
“I wanted to play a mother again. I thought it would be interesting to play the mother of an older child. And it was also the kind of part I've been looking for my whole career, actually, in film. You know, just to play a femme fatale who's very smart, and wicked.” KnowsKindChildrenPlayWholeWould BeWantedFilmMotherInterestingCareersSmartWickedVery SmartFemmeFemme Fatale Author:Sigourney Weaver