T. J. Miller Quotes

Be empowered as a female, as a woman. Don't apologize. Don't lose yourself in another person's life.

My lyrics are for strong, independent women who are both smart and fashionable.

I'm attracted to strong female roles: females that aren't necessarily defined by their relationships with men.

I think Man Repeller is more about self-confidence than it is about a woman's relationship with a man.

I feel so blessed that I grew up in the age of the independent woman, the survivor. I had Destiny's Child telling me I didn't need a man to feel good about myself, and I want to carry on that message.

There's a way to express femininity and independence and strength without going for hanging fruit.

Four More Shots' Please wanted to show a bunch of women who have agency, are fierce but not apologetic about their life.

A l lot of films I've done are essentially about women who are finding their voice, women who don't know themselves well.

I have women coming up to me and saying: 'I love your character! She's so empowered. She takes control; she gets what she wants.' That's another side of her. And I respect that in Joan. She says and does things that I would never allow myself to do.

'Sucker Punch' is a big girl power movie.

We must keep both our femininity and our strength.

High heels empower women in a way.

I'm completely ecstatic when a woman has own back story and brings something to the table and has a real strong kind of independence.

I think, as women, we have to stop being scared to be the women we want to be and we have to raise our daughters to be the women they want to be - not the women we think they should be.

I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing.

Women see me as a figure they can respect. They know I've been through a lot. I'm not going to let no man put me under.

As an entertainer, I try to do projects that reflect a woman having the ability to stand up for herself.

I admire those women who really knew who they were and didn't apologize for it. Katharine Hepburn? She was ahead of her time.

It's inspiring to play a woman who stands up for herself.

To me, basically, the whole meaning of 'Little Women' and what it conveys to me is the choice of being any kind of woman.

Beyonce's music is like lipstick or a decidedly tall pair of heels: It's empowering.

I think 'One Woman Army' sums up the overall picture. I talk about love, about life, and I talk about what I want and would hope for and what I need as a woman. It kind of just says it all, you know?

I loved the idea of how all these guys always are stealing other guys' girls and I was like, 'There's no female anthem for a girl stealing another guy's girl,' and that is the coolest thing ever.

I am a woman of the 21st Century who is self-assured and speaks my mind.

I just think, as women, we have to give ourselves room to be individuals. So when a woman makes a decision for herself, we as women shouldn't set those hardcore boundaries for another woman. Just like we don't want men setting hardcore boundaries for us.