Quotes About Feminism

I find the whole concept of being 'sexy' embarrassing and confusing. If I do a photo-shoot, people desperately want to change me - dye my hair blonder, pluck my eyebrows, give me a fringe. Then there's the choice of clothes. I know everyone wants a picture of me in a mini-skirt. But that's not me.

Women should be able to come out and narrate stories from their point of view.

I identify entirely with Jane Austen's point of view, on everything.

I wrote my first play when I was nine, it was about Robin Hood, from Maid Marian's point of view. I was a feminist from day one.

Why do women always get pointed at for their bodies?

We have to believe that we can hold different points of view without labeling each other bad feminists.

Breaking cliches for women has never been easy.

I need to go out and write and produce my own stuff and collaborate with other women.

I'm a physical comedian first - and I'm a woman before that.

If you think about how many headlining female comics are out there, you could say 15, maybe 20?

'Stree' is an entertaining film, but it has strong commentary about women.

You have to be committed to expand rights and opportunities for all women.

No woman ever lived who could compete with a man on an equal basis - even a 55-year-old man. There's a lot of talk about Women's Lib. They feel they're worth as much as the guys, but they can't play a lick if they can't beat a 55-year-old guy.

It's just cool for a girl to be able to do her own thing. I do a lot of movies, and I'm very lucky, and I'm not complaining. But in movies, alongside big action men, we've always got to take a step back and let the men shine.

We live in one of the most complex ages for young, professional women.

Women in the post-Fifties world were appendages. They existed to serve men. Their lives and concerns didn't matter, except insofar as they impinged on Important Male Things.

If you're born a woman, you have a pre-existing condition.

Being a mother is no longer a liability, and being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition! That's what change looks like.

Being a mother is no longer a liability, and being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition!

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

I like that I don't have to conform to the normal women-in-music-selling-sex-appeal thing.

I would not have a woman go to Congress merely because she is a woman.

In this industry there's this ridiculous connotation with women shows that's it's got to be difficult, and it's not true.

In my own writing, I avoid 'female' and try to say 'woman' because I feel that the word 'female' has connotations of not just biology but also non-human mammals. The idea of 'female' to me is more appropriate for a female animal.