Alice Lowe Quotes

In 'Boyz N the Hood,' every female character was three-dimensional.

Often, female characters are quite one dimensional, especially in a two hour film; television gives characters room to breathe and develop.

You look at Kerry Washington on 'Scandal,' and a lot of the women on that show in general are very strong, and I think we're seeing it more, and I'm excited because when I was doing Dana Gordon on 'Entourage,' there weren't a lot of strong female characters, which is why I think she came out as such a standout character.

People focus on the darker female characters in my books, but for every one of those, I can also show you an equally screwed up man that no one ever comments about, or a nicer woman that no one comments about. I don't feel like that's my specialty.

I just love strong female characters in general, not necessarily because, 'She's evil' or 'Oh, because she's good.'

I think there is an enormous appetite for great roles for women. You can see that clearly with things like 'The Hunger Games.'

Being somebody who's like a theater geek that I am, I can just go right back to Aeschylus and Euripides and Sophocles: they were writing about gods and goddesses versus humans, and how gods could distort, pervert, or help people get what they want.

Where does an actress go after playing Cleopatra's magnificent death? Why didn't Shakespeare write more - and more powerful - roles for mature women?

There are some great women's roles in television... so much more interesting than what I was reading in film scripts.

I think people get confused: people think 'strong female characters' mean you need to play an action figure.

I think it's very refreshing to see women in cinema having strength and their own independent storyline.

One of the things that we've tried to do with the 'Guardians' films is to allow the women to be full characters.

I've got great joy from rediscovering Western music. I love Schumann and Chopin, and those amazing symphonies of Bruckner.

You don't have to know about 'Hippolytus' to listen to 'Tragedy.'

With the Bond girls, they've always been these sexy but quite strong women, and that's a nice combination to design for.

Women come up to us all the time and give us the most amazing compliments, like, 'Salt-N-Pepa was the soundtrack of my life.' They remind us that we meant so much to them. Sometimes artists don't really grasp that. But when you talk to fans, you get in touch with your legacy.

Why shouldn't there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?

We know their names: Hippolyta, Antiope, Thessalia. But they were long thought to be just travelers' tales or products of the Greek storytelling imagination. A lot of scholars still argue that. But archaeology has now proven without a doubt that there really were women fitting the description that the Greeks gave us of Amazons and warrior women.

It's not that I only want to make films about women, but from my experience, I have been very interested in the women who play these characters.

'Lord of the Rings' was a childhood favorite, though the adult Rae wishes the women in those books had more significance and agency.

Greg Rucka always writes lovely, believable female characters in books like 'Whiteout,' 'Queen and Country,' and 'Lazarus.' I am a fan of Kelly Sue DeConnick, who does a wonderful female lead in 'Captain Marvel.' And DC's 'Batwoman' is currently the only book at the Big Two with a lesbian solo lead character, and it's always outstanding.

Greece was a muse. It inspired creativity in magical ways that I can't even begin to understand or explain.

Some people say heroines just have to look good and provide the glamour. Some say, from dance-n-song routines, heroines have come a long way. Today, the heroine's name adds weight to the film, though maybe they can't carry the whole film on their names. I believe, yes, we do contribute a lot to films.

I'm drawn to interesting female characters and good storylines.

Very good female characters, that's all we want. It's happening, slow and steady, which I love. Hopefully, it gets a little quicker. Fast and steady, how about that? Either way, we want more good females.