I can't stand that - those women in 'Waiting to Exhale' now. I can't stand them. But that's because I'm 53 and not 33. But what they were experiencing at 33, I identified with it.
Disguise our bondage as we will, 'Tis woman, woman, rules us still.
I live in a house with four women. Just shut up and say, Yes, ma'am.
I have no illusions at all about being a sex symbol. None of my former girlfriends ever thought of me that way, and I don't have any packs of women chasing me down the street like a Brad Pitt or someone like that.
The most attention I get is in a book store or video shop when I go to the foreign film section. Sometimes that can be fun, but usually those women want to talk about philosophy or something very dense. It's not like they're tearing off my shirt, you...
I talk to women for a living. It's pretty much what I do with my day.
Women always want the guy that other women want.
Women have the right to say: this is surface, this falsifies reality, this degrades.
For a while, I was nervous about portraying women because of the objectification that automatically comes with it, whether the artist intends or not.
It would be nice if models were allowed to be a more healthy weight - for the models, and for the young women who look up to them. We were athletic and healthy, and we looked like women.
The majority of my audience has always been women.
James Patterson has a way with female characters. He understands women in a way that a lot of male writers don't.
What I've learned is you treat women right.
When black women are down with you and in your corner, you have an ally that will move Heaven and Earth.
I like women who are self-sufficient.
The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.
I can hear the roar of women's silence.
I feel most bossy in jeans, a white t-shirt, a leather jacket and some heels. I just feel bossy that way. I also feel confident in a sick dress at a premiere. Like most women, as long as I'm comfortable in it, I feel confident.
A lot of people perceive women as sexy based on their outer appeal. But there's no way to mistake if a woman is confident.
It's easy for women to say they don't understand and ask a man for help. As the saying goes, boys play with toys, and girls play with boys.
Balzac loved courtesans. They were independent women, and in the 19th century, that was a breed that was just evolving.
