It's very easy to approach a character like that - a so-called strong woman who overcomes the odds - and give a one-note performance, playing that strength alone. Strength is only one thing a person has.
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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.
I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time.
You know, there's nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women. There are a lot of strong women you do not see who are guiding, helping, mothering strong men. They want to remain unseen. It's kind of nice to be able to play a strong woman who is seen.
With any project I work on - not just 'True Detective' - I don't feel the need just to play a strong woman. I don't want the audience to say, 'Oh, she was so strong.' I want to play characters that are flawed and interesting.
Strength on its own in a woman is quite abrasive and not terribly attractive all the time.
You don't have to play masculine to be a strong woman.
It's cool to be a female character who gets to be really strong and tough.
I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing.
A strong, powerful, successful woman is always intimidating.
I don't think a woman has to act like a man to show that she has strength.
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