Chris Avellone Quotes

I resent it when they write the part of a woman who's just a sexy femme fatale who seduces people to ger her way, perpetrating the myth that that's how woman have to operate, instead of using their brains or their wit.

We often see literature about women that impair and immerse the women themselves, such as when women are portrayed as objects of consumerism.

There aren't good roles for women: the female parts aren't developed: the women are serving the men.

Whenever women catfight, men think it's going to turn to sex.

It's a very good feeling to be around a man who thinks women are juicy.

A lot of the time, the way it's portrayed is that I only see women in a sexual way. But I grew up with just my mum and sister, so I respect women a lot.

I don't like the term 'chick flick.' I think it denigrates a movie. It has overtones of talking down to women, like they are second best.

I don't want to be a silly temptress. I cannot see any sense in getting dressed up and doing nothing but tempting men in pictures.

There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats.

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

I think sometimes women who are supposed to be strong are also written as mean and vindictive.

I think that female roles, they can be victims, they can be sympathetic, they can be in pain, they can be in suffering - but they can't be ugly. I think there's so much fear surrounding that, that it makes a film unlikeable, that it won't sell.

You typically find stereotypical female characters that are people pleasers, where they are wives and girlfriends, typically, who are in the background.

We know in our society, women are valued for their sexual desirability and not necessarily for what they have to say.

Every woman is just a different kind of problem.

The familiar trope of the woman in peril doesn't really interest me.

The roles I used to be cast for were typically objectified women, so I was always being shown or spoken about through the lens of the guy.

The fictional narratives that television, film, and the news provide for girls and young women are appalling.

So many women characters are extensions of male fantasy.

We live in a culture that does not encourage women to be epic heroes of their own Big Stories but the mothers and lovers and wives and mistresses and muses and personal assistants, the femme fatales and fantasies and manic pixie dream girls, in someone else's Big Story, and this someone else is usually a dude.

I hate when they portray women as just sex symbols in short skirts, running around playing dumb. I refuse to watch such films or be in such films.

I was frustrated in general with the way women are always portrayed. And it's always through a man's eyes.

In Hollywood, only a female who's massively damaged is interesting.

Ms. It sounds like a sick bumblebee, it sounds frigid. I mean, who the hell would ever want to stick his hand up the dress of somebody who goes around calling herself something like Ms.? It's all so stupid.

I've never understood why it's a negative to showcase a talented, smart woman who also happens to be attractive.