I would love to see women be able to be powerful, complex, smart, opinionated and taken seriously, even … - Amber Heard

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Amber Heard

I would love to see women be able to be powerful, complex, smart, opinionated and taken seriously, even if they are beautiful. Even more, I would love to see women held to different standards, other than the superficial ones that we're held to.

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You can't respect yourself if you're afraid to be who you are.

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The sad thing about our society is that women are put in one of two categories. You're either in the beautiful category and you're seen as sexy and beautiful, or some version of that, or you're put into another category. The latter category affords women the opportunity to be smart, funny, independent, mean, strong, intelligent and opinionated. We take them seriously as politicians, if they fit into that latter category. We respect their opinions more and give them higher expectations. That latter category is what allows female actors to be characters.

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I'm strong. I'm smart. I'm not a victim,' to my detriment.

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I've always lived my life the way I wanted and been honest with myself and everyone around me.

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