58 Quotes by Esme Creed-Miles

I personally feel like the conversation around feminism has advanced a lot. People are starting to realize privileged white feminism isn't cutting it. We have to look at the holistic experience of all women, or assigned women, on the planet.

I was thrown into this world of training, and weightlifting, and boxing, and cardio. It's amazing to feel your body being capable of that.

It's lovely to escape myself and play someone who actually inspires me and gives me strength.

I had to learn martial arts.

It was so cool to be listening to, I don't know, some Cocteau Twins song while I was running through the Slovakian wilderness.

I wish we did, in a way, grow up in the forest and we didn't all just post bikini pictures and work out just to look good.

Even if an actor might not nail the moves in a way than a stunt person might, I wanted to bring the character of 'Hanna' into everything that she did.

I actually did a lot of yoga because I found it helped with my core strength and flexibility, which are two things you absolutely need when you're doing martial arts.

I thought 'Hanna' was an opportunity to explore a character whose femininity was so raw and unconditioned by the modern world.