Katherine Dunn Quotes

The whole sex symbol or babe thing doesn't bother me.

I understand, as the young, attractive woman in film, that there's always going to be people seeking out extra salacious things for you to do.

To be honest, I really don't like being the sex object.

All women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols.

When people say, 'You're perceived as a sex symbol,' I love the idea of that because it's so absurd.

A lot of directors idealize their leading ladies or turn them into these objects of sexuality and beauty.

I think it was Elisabeth Shue who said that if you start a movie with a woman seen through a man's eyes, that woman is objectified by him throughout.

For example, the equivalent of a woman being treated as a sex object is a man being treated as a success object.

My wife is a sex object - every time I ask for sex, she objects.

I'm not a sex symbol.

I was asked to be in Vogue but I said no. I didn't want to advertise make-up. I didn't want to be seen as a sex symbol.

I can't be described as a sex symbol; I think it's ridiculous.

I have played a lot of roles in my career where I'm the sexual interest. I'm always having to fight that.

It's always strange to play a sex object; it's never a natural kind of feeling.

I think that there's this idea - especially for male readers, but female readers as well, because we're all indoctrinated, right? - where there's this idea that if a woman is tough, it can only be in a way that is still sexy.

Most times, women are seen through the male gaze, so they are often shown as housewives, girlfriends, or objects of desire.

A sex-symbol becomes a thing, I just hate being a thing. But if I'm going to be a symbol of something I'd rather have it sex than some other things we've got symbols of.

If you’re not a sex object, you’re in trouble.

I was shocked into the realization that I myself had played an unwitting role as a movie star and sex symbol in perpetrating the stereotypes that affected women all over the world.

I still don't buy the idea that I'm a 'sex symbol.'

I wasn't a sex symbol, I was a sex zombie.

I'm not against half naked girls - not as often as I'd like to be.

I'll do shoes for the lady who lunches, but it would be, like, a really nasty lunch, talking about men. But where I draw the line, what I absolutely won't do, is the lady who plays bridge in the afternoon!

I'm sorry, but chick fights are sexy. If you don't think so, you're either an uptight woman or a lying man.

I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. That's what our purpose is in this business. You're merchandised, you're a product. You're sold and it's based on sex. But that's okay. I think women should be empowered by that, not degraded.