Katy Perry Quotes

The essence of my work, and of me, is the softer side of a strong woman, and that goes into a number of different roles.

It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.

I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time.

I will never be a waif. I want to market myself as a healthy-looking woman who is an action-star kind of girl.

I'm a huge Marlene Dietrich fan. She's got this raunchy kind of strength. It would be hard to find a man who could come up with something hard for her to handle. She's seen it all and done it all.

We must keep both our femininity and our strength.

I always thought I'm kind of a tough girl.

I'm a very strong woman.

I've always found it interesting when I look at a woman, and she's beautiful and everything, but there's an inner strength.

It's really amazing when you discover how strong you actually are and what you really can accomplish.

You can always be stronger.

I'm a strong black woman, and I cannot be intimidated. I cannot be undermined.

You can be an absolute woman and also be smart and tough and not lose your femininity.

It's never too late to reclaim your inner diva and reclaim your inner strength.

You can be a successful woman and also be vulnerable, and that's important to show people.

I'm learning how strong I am, how resilient I am. I'm learning my weaknesses.

I'm a New Yorker, so there are some aspects of being a tough woman that I thought I could bring to the role - but it's such a different world as a woman who's like a warrior.

"I'm sure it is," she replied. Her expression turned fierce, making her look far different from the scattered teacher I knew. "But listen to me when I say this. You are exceptional, talented, and brilliant young woman. Do not ever let anyone make you feel like you're less. Do not ever let anyone make you feel invisible. Do not let anyone - not even a teacher who constantly sends you for coffee - push you around." She put her glasses back on and began randomly lifting up pieces of papers. At last, she found a pen and grinned triumphantly. "Now, then. What is your brother's name?"

Physical strength in a woman - that's what I am.

There was a time when I just felt like a superwoman. I was like, 'I got Jesus! I ain't afraid!' But, the truth is, I want to do things right, and sometimes I am afraid that I'm not good enough or that I'm not going to handle something right.

It's murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point. As hard as it is in your work, it's harder in your life. But it can be done.

If I couldn't do it, then I'd be defeated. I've got the tools to do it. I never did question my tools.

When I meet large women who walk with confidence and are articulate and really have an understanding of how they walk in this world, I love them so deeply for being able to overcome such unbelievable odds.

Cavalli is all about being a strong woman - being sexy and powerful. Which is how we'd like to feel, all of the time! The clothes are very strong and sexy - quite Amazonian. And you feel like that yourself when you're wearing the clothes.