- Nov 07, 2020
Woman Quotes
On being seen, and being heard, as a woman.
This set touches on the extra scrutiny women face in performance careers and the emotional stakes of being noticed romantically. For related identity-focused lines, see I Am.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Gaining
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the television planet, where men make up the tribe, the law of the caveman rules. So, for a woman coming from another world, without experience or cunning, to succeed gradually in gaining control over what is to be taped, what goes out over the air, what is said without censorship, is an epic feat.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a professional woman, I function the best when I don't distinguish between work and play.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
How proud I am to be compared to Oprah. I really admire her. She's a minority woman and she's done all this by herself... I'm very happy to be Oprah with salsa and not Donahue in drag.
- Dress
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- Nov 07, 2020
A woman has no need to be perfect or even beautiful to wear my dresses. The dress will do all that for her.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a black woman I always felt growing up I had to do above and beyond stuff to be noticed, to feel like I could hang with everybody else.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think women should be paid the same as men. That's for sure. But what would you say to a woman coming in after you've been in the job for 15 years when they've done absolutely nothing to earn it? I don't think that's right.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to go to clubs and sing as myself but people weren't interested. And then I turned up as a woman and suddenly everyone was interested.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
The wedding took place in Vermont, where they have legalized gay civil unions, and I married a woman.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a woman, I don't feel like I have a responsibility to create better female characters. I feel like I have a responsibility to create good characters. Because the truth is, those kinds of things ghettoize us even more as writers.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a black woman, and I'm proud of that, but as a showrunner, I want to think about what makes me unique beyond my race.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people watch 'Power' and they find out the showrunner is black, it's not surprising. What is surprising is that I am a woman and my background is not particularly urban.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My experience as a black woman in the industry is simply that often I was the only one in the room. Often I would be the only woman and the only person of color. Sometimes I would be one of several women but the only person of color. Sometimes I would be one of several people of color, but the only woman.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
To hold and know the power of a woman is something so amazing that I don't think a woman could ever understand because they cannot know life without it.
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't need plastic in my body to validate me as a woman.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020