Maya Hawke Quotes

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.

We are in a world where men and women are on the same platform.

I believe in gender equality and I love that I can represent strong modern-day women.

I believe there is complete equality between men and women.

It's a woman's book but I think the men will read it too.

Women are not weaker. Read that again. Women are not weaker. They are just as strong, just as resolute, just as creative, and are filled with just as much potential as any man.

I had both male and female heroes.

I've always said, 'Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.'

Women play just as hard as guys do. We're just as competitive.

I do find that when I see women who flesh out the television or film world and make it look more like the world I actually live in, I gravitate towards those characters.

In my community, women are as important as males, and they are playing an equal role in the society.

Throughout my career I've played a lot of parts that might've been played by a man. They're human roles rather than specifically men or women. I've never been as hooked into that as a lot of women are, you know, like, 'There aren't enough roles for women.' There aren't necessarily a lot of good roles for anybody.

I'm suspicious of any man or woman who approaches their own liberation with any kind of gender bias.

I'm really pleased that women like me as well as men. My fanbase is quite evenly split.

People at agencies and studios, including the parent boards, might look around the table at the decision-making level and feel something is wrong if half their participants are not women. Because our tastes are different, what we value is different. Not better, different.

I don't know that a lot of boys read 'Rookie', but we get quite a few nice comments and e-mails from them. To say I'm devoted to making it girls-only is a little extreme, because I don't actively try to exclude everyone else, just make sure girls know that this space is for them first and foremost.

An MP is an MP whether male or female.

We know that society is better - more prosperous, more stable, more peaceful, more cohesive - when women's rights are respected and when women are valued, empowered, and lead the way in our communities.

I think the goal is parity: I try to be pro-woman without being anti-man, and I hope and wish that men could do the same in that when they look at the screenplay, they say, 'Wait, wait, wait - is my daughter represented here, is my wife represented here? Is my sister represented?'

I would love to be at a place where a girl character can also be a role model for young boys.

Our goal as Republicans is to ensure gender discrimination ends once and for all, and to also help guarantee those who want to remain in the workforce and continue their careers aren't hindered by clunky, outdated regulatory structures that penalize them for making that choice.

It's not just about casting female protagonists. It's gotta be across the board throughout the industry.

In 'The Force Awakens,' women as well as men are in positions of authority. And you don't have to work hard to do that - it's not a statement, it's the world.

My dream of society is a society where women are free and proud of their bodies.

Even though I am a woman boxer, I am not just inspiring women; I hope I am inspiring boys as well.