“You think once you've shown what you can do, and your movies have been successful, that snap, you work. So to discover the difference between guys' roles and girls' roles made me plain mad. It's unjust.” ThinkingHas BeensMadeGuyGirlCan DoDifferencesRolesSuccessfulMadUnjustSnaps Author:Connie Nielsen
“I am really looking forward to being a role model for girls.” GirlRolesModelsRole ModelsLooking ForwardBeing A Role Model Author:Janel Parrish
“Not even my excellent training at Juilliard prepared me for my first movie role, where I played a transsexual who falls in love with a military guy in 'Soldier's Girl.” FirstsGuyFallGirlRolesMilitaryTrainingPreparedFalling In LoveSoldierExcellentTranssexualsJuilliard Author:Lee Pace
“I think I'm a different kind of role model for young girls.” ThinkingKindDifferentYoungGirlRolesModelsRole ModelsDifferent Kinds Author:Megan Fox
“I'm at the age where I just want to experiment. You know, play a crime investigator one week, a pregnant girl one week, an angel of darkness another week. I don't want to define myself by any category, or age, or role.” KnowsWantPlayAgeGirlRolesDarknessWeekCrimeAngelExperimentsCategoriesPregnantInvestigators Author:Leven Rambin
“I don't have one role that I want to play. I guess... I want to be a producer. I want to be an activist. I want to be proactive in bringing about work for men, women, boys, girls, everybody who is good at what they do and deserve a shot at it.” MenWantPlayGirlBoysRolesShotsDeserveProducersActivistMen WomenProactiveBoy Girl Author:Octavia Spencer
“I'm a huge fan of good, procedural-type shows on television... there are a lot of roles for women. But there aren't a lot of great network television roles for girls that will let you start a character in one place and finish up with her in a totally different one.” DifferentCharacterShowsGirlRolesFansTelevisionHugeType Author:Rachael Taylor
“My sister Jennifer is an Emmy winning journalist and mother of three amazing girls. She brings an exceptional dedication to her job, her family, and her community, and has been a role model of mine for many, many years. I'm extremely proud of her.” YearsHas BeensJobsMotherGirlThreeWinningCommunityRolesMinesProudModelsJournalistRole ModelsMy SisterDedicationExceptionalJenniferEmmys Author:Ron Livingston
“I've done a lot of odd jobs, including waitressing, which most actors have done. I was a busboy - girl - when I was younger and sold things at little fairs when I was younger. I mostly related the role to being a waitress and having to deal with customers. There are good people and some not-so-good people.” PeopleLittlesDoneJobsGirlActorsDealsRolesFairsIncludingCustomersOddRelatedGood PeopleWaitressOdd JobsBusboys Author:Jess Weixler
“When you talk to young girls these days about their role modles, very few mention a chemist like Madame Curie or an astrophysicist and astronaut like Sally Ride, or a zoologist like Jane Goodall. Instead, they look to someone like Madonna.” LooksYoungScienceGirlRolesThese DaysJaneAstronautChemistZoologistMadame Curie Author:W. Ann Reynolds
“I have been incredibly privileged with my roles - after all I have had the chance to do some fantastic fun acting such as the Spice Girls Movie - who can ever forget that!” Has BeensGirlFunChanceForgetActingRolesFantasticPrivilegedSpicesSpice Girls Author:Richard E. Grant
“The feminists took me as a role model, as a mother. It bothers me. I am not interested in being a mother. I am still a girl trying to understand myself.” TryingStillsMotherGirlRolesModelsFeministGenderBotherRole ModelsNot InterestedBourgeoisBeing A Mother Author:Louise Bourgeois
“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
“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
“If your idea of a role model is somebody who's gonna preach to your kids that sex before marriage is wrong and cursing is wrong and women should be this and be that, then I'm not a role model. But if you want your girls to feel strong and intelligent and be outspoken and fight for what they think is right, then I want to be that type of role model, yeah.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsShouldIdeasKidsFunnyGirlFightingStrongSexRolesTypeModelsIntelligentYeahRole ModelsCursingOutspokenBefore MarriageSex Before Marriage Author:Megan Fox
“I did a little film called Nina, a small role. I played a French girl who was a nurse to Nina Simone. Zoe Saldana plays Nina.” LittlesPlayFilmGirlRolesNurseNinaSmall Roles Author:Alaina Huffman
“I had the vision of creating my own camp to make sure I was teaching the campers what I wanted. Plus I picked other players that were good on the field and off so we could be great role models for these girls to look up to. I hope to inspire others and encourage them to go after their dreams.” LooksDreamWantedGirlMy OwnVisionRolesPlayerTeachingFieldsInspireCreatingModelsLook UpPlusCampsRole ModelsAnd OffInspire OthersCampersGreat Role Models Author:Jennie Finch
“Men still assume I must be like the girl I played in 'Emmanuelle.' John Wayne was never accused of killing people during his free time, but I'm forever stuck with the image of 'Emmanuelle.' The truth is, I should have got an Oscar for that role because I'm nothing like that woman.” PeopleMenShouldStillsGirlActorsRolesForeverTruth IsShould HaveAssumingKillingStuckOscarsAccusedWayneFree Time Author:Sylvia Kristel
“I think it can be hard for any man to sometimes be upstaged by his wife. So when I'm home, I work very hard to be Todd's wife and Jade's mother. I have no problem going back to those traditional roles. I try to be Giada, the young girl that he met 20 years ago and fell in love with.” ThinkingMenTryingYearsSometimesHardProblemHomeYoungMotherGirlRolesWifeMetsYears AgoTraditionalNo ProblemJade Author:Giada De Laurentiis
“In many parts of the world, women and girls are especially vulnerable to HIV/AIDS because they lack control over most aspects of their life. Cultural expectations and gender roles expose women and girls to violence, sexual exploitation and far greater risk for infection.” WorldGirlRolesGreaterViolenceRiskExpectationsAspectGenderAidsVulnerableExploitationHivGender RolesInfectionHiv Aids Author:Hillary Clinton
“I want to play a role of a 24-year-old woman, not 17-year-old girls. So I have picked a couple of films like 'Butter' to show that. And it's perfectly fine not to do anything for a year if I don't find the right thing.” IfsWantYearsPlayShowsFilmGirlRolesFineCoupleRight ThingOld Woman Author:Ashley Greene
“Dad thanks for leaning in by helping me become a role model for young girls.” HelpingYoungGirlRolesDadModelsThanksRole ModelsLeaning In Author:Serena Williams
“When I naturally write a story and I feel that the guy is sitting across the table from the girl and flirting with her... I think, 'God, that can't be me' because I'm just too old for that part. You need a 30-year-old or a 35-year-old for that part. And so I've given myself less and less roles.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsWritingYearsStoriesGuyGirlGivenRolesSittingTablesFlirting Author:Woody Allen
“I remember my agent at the time called me and was like, "I've got it! I've found it! I've found your role!" I worked my ass off to get that role, because I think me and three or four other girls tested for it. But it was a great time.” ThinkingRememberGirlThreeFoundRolesFourAssAgentsTestedGreat TimesOther Girl Author:Sherilyn Fenn
“I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.” WritingTryingCharacterYoungGirlStrongRolesModelsFemaleRole ModelsFemale CharactersStrong Female CharactersStrong Female Author:L. J. Smith
“I hope that somewhere in Small Town, U.S.A., a 15-year-old kid looks to me as a role model the way I looked at the Indigo Girls and Elton John as role models.” WayYearsLooksKidsGirlRolesModelsTownsRole ModelsSmall TownIndigo Author:Brandi Carlile
“I have always had this secret fantasy of being a Bourne girl or Bond girl, and I've never even gotten called in on one of those roles.” GirlSecretRolesFantasyBourneBond Girl Author:Katie Aselton
“Four- and five-year-olds' play is permeated with the rankest sexism. No matter what their parents do and say, they play their momand pop roles in ultraconventional style. We've seen little girls whose mothers are doctors absolutely refuse to take the doctors' parts in their play, insisting that "only boys can be doctors," against all reason. Girls do more washing and drying of clothes, dishes, and babies than they've ever seen their own mothers do, and they turn their play husbands into TV-watching drones who do nothing but talk about money.” YearsChildrenLittlesMatterReasonPlayMotherTurnsGirlParentBoysRolesFiveFourStyleTvsBabyHusbandClothesDoctorsNo Matter WhatRefusePopsFive YearsSexismDishesWashingDronesFive Year OldsInsistingChildren Playing Author:Stella Chess
“Modeling is about illusion. It's a fantasy world where models play various roles. By featuring extreme looks, magazines show women how to have fun with makeup and clothes, and to inspire them to experiment - just like we did when we were little girls.” WorldLooksLittlesPlayShowsGirlFunRolesFantasyInspireClothesModelsIllusionVariousExtremesExperimentsMagazinesHaving FunMakeupModelingFantasy Worlds Author:Cindy Crawford
“I'm not letting any stupid decisions get in my way. I want to be a role model, letting girls know that they can follow their dreams.” KnowsWayWantDreamGirlDecisionRolesStupidAmbitionModelsMy WayRole ModelsStupid Decision Author:Miley Cyrus
“I would love to [do theater], but there are go-to girls for theater. I am learning that, upon moving to New York and inquiring. There are go-to girls that will get the role any day of the week. It's true. Some people won't even let me audition.” PeopleMovingGirlRolesWeekNew YorkLet MeTheaterAuditionsInquiringDays Of The Week Author:Jeff Daniels
“I didn't want to do the obvious role that you see in Hollywood most of the time, which is the heartbroken girl who's waiting to be rescued by the guy, blah, blah, blah. I wanted to do something different.” WantHeartDifferentWantedGuyGirlWaitingRolesHollywoodObviousHeartbrokenBlah Author:Gal Gadot
“I think that mentoring is such a critical part of the role I can play in my position. I see how little bits of exposure and big bits of exposure really change my girls significantly, and I want that for more girls around the country and the world.” ThinkingWorldWantLittlesI CanCountryPlayBigsGirlBitsRolesPositionLittle BitCriticalExposureMentoringMy Girl Author:Michelle Obama
“After Princess Diaries, I was labeled a good girl, and for the first eight years of my career I had to fight to get any other kind of role. But I like fighting for a job, actually. Once you get it, you feel like you've emerged victorious from the scrap and you're like, "OK, this one's mine. Did it. Done."” FeelsYearsFirstsKindDoneJobsGirlFightingCareersRolesMinesLike YouEightPrincessDiariesScrapGood GirlPrincess Diaries Author:Anne Hathaway
“Strippers should be role-models for little girls. If only for the fact that they wax their assholes.” IfsShouldLittlesFactsHumorFunnyGirlRolesModelsRole Models Author:Sarah Silverman
“Indian men are still used to the traditional role given to women; they want intelligent girls for company but not to marry... they have yet to taste and relish the company of mature women.” MenWantStillsMotivationalUsedGirlGivenCompanyRolesTasteIntelligentTraditionalIndianMatureRelishIntelligent Girl Author:Amrita Pritam
“The most obvious ones inspiring me are probably women in political life. There are also many women in artistic endeavors, but if they're painters, you don't necessarily see them, or if they're actors, you see the role they're playing. In political life, you see women of enormous courage and smarts and humor, and that releases the talent, especially in little girls who are watching.” IfsLittlesPoliticalGirlActorsRolesTalentSmartObviousEnormousPainterReleaseArtisticEndeavorPolitical Life Author:Gloria Steinem