Patrick Wilson Quotes

Really, in a way, I took over the male role.

Men were only made into 'men' with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally 'a man' any more than the woman. He has to be propped up into that position with some ingenuity, and is always likely to collapse.

In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they might be considered only women.

But alas, I'd have to find a way to be opinionated without being too opinionated, authoritative without being a bitch about it, smart without being elitist, fair without being a pushover. If the boyfriends of my youth found me too authoritative when I should have been cheering on the sidelines as they kicked and tossed and smacked balls toward the vanguard, the male colleagues of my adulthood kept reminding me of my lack of authority as they unconsciously displayed theirs. I was always failing someone's standards of legitimacy, as a girlfriend, as a producer of opinions. It was an eternal no-win.

I basically lived like a guy for, certainly, the first decade of my career, and I just wanted to blend in.

Show me a frigid women and, nine times out of ten, I'll show you a little man.

I am not metrosexual. I am not macho. I am normal. I don't even wear nail paint.

I do believe that men can be emasculated by successful women. I don't think I'm emasculating. But I have seen the dynamic with men who either don't make money or make less money. It's just not good for them.

I was always just so feminine. I don't think anyone who ever met me would describe me as a man.

When you're a big money earner and your husband isn't, it makes you question how feminine you are. I felt I was less feminine than if I was a supporting wife, or a second fiddle, or 'Mrs. Higgins.'

Nature makes woman to be won and men to win.

Once upon a time, growing up male gave little boys a sense of certainty about the natural order of things. We had short hair, wore pants, and played baseball. Girls had long hair, wore skirts, and, no matter how hard they tried, always threw a baseball just like a girl.

I'm saying that the depth of exploration of the male psyche and the female psyche is uneven. I see further, deeper renderings of what it means to be a man.

The worst mistake a woman can make is to emulate a man.

I'm often uncomfortable with girliness, to be honest.

What interests me is why men think of women as witches. It's because they're so fascinating and exasperating, so other.

I think there are a lot of men who feel they're being emasculated by having the woman be in charge; I've never had that problem.

It's definitely part of it, that the men were having fun and doing the interesting things but also, I don't know, I'm just thinking more about gender and how maybe in some way I am more of a boy than a girl.

Tradition has made women cowardly.

I am normally the manly-ish girl on the planet.

I've come to the conclusion that beautiful women in the West aren't comfortable finding strength in their femininity. They want to do masculine-oriented things to establish their femininity. It's a contradiction.

I never call them 'guys;' I always call them 'boys.' Maybe it's a superiority complex - my needing to keep them down.

I spent my whole life trying to play the games males play.

Most men are very attached to the idea of being male, and usually experience a lot of fear and insecurity around the idea of being a man. Most women are very identified with their gender, and also experience a tremendous amount of fear and insecurity.

I don't think I could keep my position as a well-standing man in the world if I thought there were roles for men and women.