So I constantly play women who are damaged and out of touch, who are seeking without knowing, or knowing without the skills to transform their lives. But then, that’s really the fate of many women today. Olympia Dukakis Read Quote
God is not something I think about but something I experience as an energy, a Presence. I do find it easier to pray to a female Presence or an androgynous Presence. Olympia Dukakis Read Quote
I feel it most in my work, because there aren’t roles about women who are spiritually evolving. That anyone would even write something like that, something that’s worth doing, would be a miracle! Olympia Dukakis Read Quote
I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me. Olympia Dukakis Read Quote
I talk to women’s groups all over the country and see women struggling with this. The fear of not being accepted, of being different, of not having a man, all make it hard for a woman to do what she really believes is right for her. Olympia Dukakis Read Quote
I think we have to be careful about what we label as a prerequisite for spirituality. I don’t think you have to know a lot to have a spiritual life, but knowing gives life richness. Olympia Dukakis Read Quote
I think we’re socialized out of being women, and then we have to find our way back to it. That’s hard to do. Olympia Dukakis Read Quote
Most of us are not real eager to grow, myself included. We try to be happy by staying in the status quo. But if we’re not willing to be honest with ourselves about what we feel, we don’t evolve. Olympia Dukakis Read Quote
My husband is a fall-away Catholic, but with a vengeance. He’s actually more of a feminist than I am. Olympia Dukakis Read Quote
Sometimes I feel as if four thousand years of silencing women, of the fear of women who were burned in oil or eviscerated in front of their daughters, is imprinted deep within me and has altered my DNA. Olympia Dukakis Read Quote
