Tracy Pollan Quotes

I just really have an affinity for women. Watching them go through journeys is more interesting to me than watching men.

I think women have such rich emotional lives that they are expressive about. I also think they're funny. I like watching strong female characters, and I like writing them. I don't know if it's conscious that I gravitate towards women, but it's certainly evolved that way.

It could be partly my taste. It's just my belief that there are female characters that will benefit from not being vulnerable.

I see the portrayal of any believable female character as feminist.

I am glad that people have become more accepting of female characters.

I'm drawn to female characters; not all of them are strong characters.

Women are never the protagonists; we're always reactionary against everything that's done to us. I like people who write for women that have got a bit more about them.

There's no need for a female character that does things like a male character; that's not what makes interesting female characters in my view.

I want to keep playing strong female roles. I don't mean superheroes, but women who are really alive.

Most mainstream male fiction is littered with heroines, and female characters are basically so great, you want to fall in love with them.

There's nothing worse than having a very strong female character and then suddenly having it go away.

I won't take parts where the female character has no substance.

Strong female leads are important.

I actually have a peculiar feminism that does not involve the idea that women shouldn't be sexy. Female characters written in comics have always been pretty damned sexy, and used their sexuality. And I don't have any problem with that.

Male playwrights, on the whole, are probably more interested in male characters. They need women characters to be the women in their lives or to be the domestic difficulty.

It's not often you get female characters who don't fit into a box.

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

Over the years, the writers at DC Comics softened Wonder Woman's powers in ways that would have infuriated Marston. During the 1960s, she was hardly wondrous at all, less a heroic warrior than the tomboyish girl next door. It was no longer clear whether she was meant to empower the girls or captivate the boys.

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

I'm always surprised when people talk about strong female characters because I feel like we all are.

I love strong female characters.

I'm not sure why it's taken so long, but I think people are relating to strong female leads.

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always a mystery. So I always tried to present as many views as possible on women's worlds.

I don't think it's not feminist to use every tool you have to succeed, and part of that is being a woman - presenting yourself in a certain way.

The simple act of telling a woman's story from a woman's point of view is a revolutionary act: it never has been done before.