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I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.

I'm drawn to female characters; not all of them are strong characters.

I do not choose characters because I think, 'Wow, that woman is so strong.' I chose these characters with utmost conviction because I think they were realistic enough to exist, and I really liked the scripts.

Sometimes people are like, 'Do you want to play strong women?' I don't have to play strong women in order to feel like a strong woman myself, but I do feel it's important to play characters that are complex and interesting and believable.

It's cool to be a female character who gets to be really strong and tough.

I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting.

Critics often say, 'Oh she makes films about strong women'. Wrong; I make films about complex characters and the choices they make.

I like strong women. I think a lot of women relate to strong characters, and a cop is still a strong character.

I'm attracted to films that have strong female characters because there are strong female characters in my life. That's my own reality, so it's a doorway into a world for me.