Quotes about "Women's Wisdom"

If you're a woman doing classic theater, the big roles are often destroyers. I've played Hedda Gabler, Lady Macbeth, some of the Chekhovian heroines, Electra, Phaedra - they're all powerful women, but they're forces of negativity. ”

I'm very proud of being a woman, and as a woman, I don't even like the word 'feminism' because when I hear that word, I associate it with women trying to pretend to be men, and I'm not interested in trying to pretend to be a man. I don't want to embrace manhood; I want to embrace my womanhood. ”

I've struggled with gender norms my whole life, always feeling like I wasn't black-and-white; I was in this gray area, and gray areas really scare people because you can't define them. ”

Seventy years after China emerged from the Second World War, the greatest threat facing the nation's leadership is not imperialism but skepticism. ”

I don't fully understand my wife's emotions - and I'm supposed to write an excellent female character and unravel the secret of women? ”

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. ”

In New York City, the idea that district schools advance equality is a myth. ”

When I started out, there were three things that made film people look at me with condescension, I was young, I was black, and I was female. I have won a certain respect, but I think the film community still sees directing as a male job. ”

One of my best friends was the first U.K. female fighter pilot. ”

I'm the female Jay-Z. I never compared myself to other women artists. I compared myself with the best, and the best is Jay-Z. ”