Danielle Macdonald Quotes

I've been in the fortunate position of playing these strong, snarky female characters since Dana Gordon on 'Entourage.'

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

I never really knew that I would be a lifer of strong female characters, but that seems to be the drops I'm being given, and I'm very happy for them. Hopefully, 'Divergent' will be the next thing.

I do feel privileged to play Elektra, because definitely she is a strong female character. She's a strong character. It would be nice if eventually we'd just say she's a strong character, not a strong female character.

With the strong women I write about, I want to create a sense of strong possibilities.

I think it's important that we have strong, female characters in movies now, which can really leave an impression on people - especially young people - and that they're not 'sexy' or 'cool.'

I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.

'Girls' is one of my favorite shows of all time. One of the things I love about Lena Dunham and Jenji Kohan and Shonda Rhimes is that they're all willing to show complex, amazing women.

I've played lots of strong women in film, in big Hollywood films, and I've sometimes had a hard time in coming to a consensus of what makes a woman strong.

It's cool to be a female character who gets to be really strong and tough.

I would love to do a chick flick sometime soon, a film with strong female characters - when I say strong, I don't mean that they are changing the world, but just be real women.

Though the characters I have played are all very different, they are all strong, interesting women.

I love strong female characters.

I have always received roles of strong women from the beginning.

I love flawed female characters, duking it out.

I'm really into strong, female roles - but they don't have to necessarily be loud - I'm just as interested in introverts too.

Women are dominating the charts, and women are doing it for themselves. We're kicking butt and taking no prisoners.

I like strong, strong women who don't go down without a fight. I like iconic roles. They don't come around very often, so I have to wait for them. Obviously I'm not the typical blonde who stands by the side, while the man has all the fun.

People sort of accuse Tolkien of not being good with female characters, and I think that Eowyn actually proves that to be wrong to some degree. Eowyn is actually a strong female character, and she's a surprisingly modern character, considering who Tolkien actually was sort of a stuffy English professor in the 1930s and '40s.

One of the most interesting female characters I've written about was Meg Riddoch, the lead character in 'The Thompson Gunner'.

There seems to be great roles for women, and it's not necessarily - you don't have to be young women. Suddenly, we're realizing that, generally, women are interesting, and they can also be weird and crazy and mean.

Everybody enjoys when a woman is her own character in a movie or otherwise.

When I was little... I didn't relate to princesses. I saw Maleficent, and I just thought she was so - she was so elegant.

I like strong women. I think a lot of women relate to strong characters, and a cop is still a strong character.

I loved Veronica right off the bat. She was so strong and I think it is so important because there are so few shows that portray women, especially young women, as being strong and being able to stand up for themselves.