Shonda Rhimes Quotes

Women have always been strong; women have been capable and able and amazing at life.

I don't like weak women and I don't find it interesting to play them. I'm inspired by them, when I see them in dramas, like with Natalie Portman, in almost every movie she's in. It's awesome that chicks can really go there, and it's beautiful to watch, but I don't think I'm interested, in any way, shape or form, in embodying those creatures.

I love strong women, not only in life but in craft.

I think God made a woman to be strong and not to be trampled under the feet of men. I've always felt this way because my mother was a very strong woman, without a husband.

I definitely am drawn to strong females who are successful, smart women because I am a woman like that. I think it's important to portray those kinds of women on film and television.

I started off in drama, and there are so many women that I admire. Women in this industry are gladiators. Cicely Tyson, Viola Davis, Taraji Henson, Regina Hall, Regina King.

I have an appreciation for strong women.

We love Ronda Rousey - talk about someone who empowers women!

All the women close to me - my mother, sister, wife and friends - are strong and independent.

I'm used to having strong women around me. My mother was. My wife is. I like their strong mentality.

I respond to powerful women. I'm not intimidated by that, I like that, it's not something I shy away from, so I don't want women who are looking for me to take care of them. To me, that's a turn-off. I respond to strong, powerful, independent women.

I see women as oppressed, but I don't see them as victims; I see them rising all the time. I see them as very strong.

We live in a world where it's difficult to be a woman who is strong and confident, so I like to surround myself with friends that embody that same principle and idea.

Women have always been incredible. They've always been amazing.

All women are forces of nature, and I believe in their power.

I've always been drawn to strong women in every genre, people who push the boundaries because they're just epic.

It's wonderful that we're portraying women in this way so that young women can see that women actually are strong and capable of accomplishing all kinds of things.

I think it's very refreshing to see women in cinema having strength and their own independent storyline.

Women are as precious as they are stronger than any man that I have met.

It's great to see so many women grab the world by its lapel, push their limits, and shine through it all.

I've been surrounded by incredibly strong women: incredibly, unapologetically strong women, and I guess that for me has just been the biggest inspiration.

I was raised by an empowered woman. I married an empowered woman.

I'm far more drawn to performances by strong women than I am to men.

I've always been attracted to independent, outspoken women.

I think women are strong, and they have never been weak.