Erica Durance Quotes

Unfortunately, any girl - unless you're playing the action hero - is going to end up at some point handcuffed, gagged, and waiting for the hero to save her.

There are two aspects around which the dynamics of Bollywood revolve - chivalry and chauvinism.

Men want a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue. That is what is written in their hearts. That is what little boys play at. That is what men's movies are about. You just see it. It is undeniable.

I just gravitate to those more testosterone-filled sort of parts than me playing something a bit more fairy-like.

I think women secretly yearn for the return of John Wayne and don't even know it.

Society says that men need to be bigger and stronger, and they must protect their women and so on.

If you look at men's roles for the last thousand years, the desire is fundamental. We want to take care of, provide for, and be of service to... women.

A Woman is naturally more helpless than the other Sex; and a Man of Honour and Sense should have this in his View in all Manner of Commerce with her.

Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one thing that stops women laughing at them.

I like men to be men and I like them to care about me and to take care of me. I'm willing to let them do that.

I think a primal role of a man in a relationship is to protect his woman.

Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.

Day and night woman must be kept in dependence by the males of their families, and, if they attach themselves to sensual enjoyments, they must be kept under one's control. Her father protects her in childhood, her husband protects her in youth, and her sons protect her in old age; a woman is never fit for independence.

Manly deeds; womanly words

The first one I did was an action film with Sammo Hung and George Lam, but I had the usual female role for that time: you know, damsel in distress, rescued by the hero.

We are conditioned to believe that the hero is always a man, but it might not necessarily be so.

I rescue people.

But not me, baby, I've got you to save me.

I just want one person I can rescue and I want one person who needs me. Who can't live without me. I want to be a hero, but not just one time.

To trust other people to keep you safe, it's very difficult ... But when Tom Cruise is there, you just expect that he'll save you. I was like, "Tom. You're Tom Cruise. It's your job to save the day. And the day is me. You need to save it. If I panic, I expect you to be down there."

So are you going to be my knight in shining armor or what?' Kent does a little bow. 'You know I can't resist a damsel in distress.

I cannot love a man who cannot protect me.

Housewives are dependent creatures who are still children…parasites.

Here's a history lesson: when men took power of their lands, all of a sudden, women became a prize. In order for us to be protected, we had to make sure that we had our partner on our side. We were put in a position where our vulnerability was a life and death scenario. And we were taken advantage of, and we were put in a certain place that we had never been put in before.

A beau is everything of a woman but the sex, and nothing of a man beside it.