Alexa Bliss Quotes

Back in the day when I started on the independent scene, guys would not watch women's matches, and if they did, they would do it to make fun of us.

Anyone that's been with WWE, there's frustrations of feeling like you can only do so much. The women are told not to punch or to kick, to do power bombs and the power moves, and none of that exists in 'Lucha Underground.'

Most people aren't familiar enough with what actually goes on in professional wrestling to know just how badly women are treated in WWE narratives.

I don't like to have gimmicks. I don't like to have gadgets and stuff. I just like to go out there and entertain the fans by wrestling.

An actor is something less than a man, while an actress is something more than a woman.

When I started out, there were three things that made film people look at me with condescension, I was young, I was black, and I was female. I have won a certain respect, but I think the film community still sees directing as a male job.

You just wish sometimes that people would treat you like a human being rather than seeing your gender first and who you are second.

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

Women belong in the bedroom and the kitchen, in that order.

I walk into a room, and people see me as a director, not a woman.

I'm in favour of the old roles being blurred. The old division at school where the boys did metalwork and woodwork and the girls did needlework and domestic science is awful, really - and I'm glad it's gone.

Being taken seriously as a young woman is the biggest hurdle as I grow older.

In film business or any business, for that matter, there are people with different mindsets. Some would be compassionate and respectful, some might just be the womaniser, but how can we generalise that? That is wrong, I guess... That way, in a male-dominating society, shining is tough for women.

When I was in England, I did a lot of wrestling and moves. Over here, they were like, 'You don't need to do that much. Save your body. Become an entertainer rather than a wrestler.' And I wasn't used to wrestling on TV and in front of huge crowds, so it was a big adjustment.

You have to work hard as a woman for people to take you seriously.

I get more respect doing professional wrestling than I ever did in MMA.

Wrestlers are very protective and care about what we do and we're always fighting for credibility.

The reason I don't do the Flair Flop anymore is because women's wrestling is being taken so seriously. I'll only perform something comedic like that at a house show.

People think that we hired a bunch of actresses and taught them how to wrestle, and that couldn't be further from the truth.

I would never want to be treated as a prop, to be looked on as an object just because of my gender.

Ronda Rousey is coming to WWE at such a great time because we're a big family here, and we try to help everyone succeed. She has passion for it, which is awesome, and she respects the business, which is awesome. Everyone has been helping her and walking her through everything.

No man is inherently respectable, but all women are by nature.

When a woman gets the idea of justice, there's no teaching her any sense.

I've been studying sexism for many years, and it's much easier to document the existence of sexism than it is to document the existence of interventions that reduce it. It's really hard to find ways to change the way people see people in different groups. It should be our goal, and we're working for that, but it's hard.

Something I say a lot when it comes to anti-feminist stereotypes is that they exist for a reason.