The thing that`s always bothered me is that, even if you have a strong female character, invariably in the third act she has to say something like, "I`m sorry, I didn`t mean to hurt you," or she has to become really vulnerable and wimpy and get her comeuppance. Even in something like Thelma & Louise (1991), where you have these two very strong characters, they have to die in the end. What`s so special about The Last Seduction (1994) is that none of that happens. Had a Hollywood studio made that film instead of an independent, it would have been very different. She definitely wouldn`t have gotten away with what she does get away with.
- Linda FiorentinoPursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It`s part of the sizzle.
- Camille PagliaIt is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
- Pablo PicassoI`m happiest when I`m shooting the movie. Filming is like sex. Writing the script is like seduction, then shooting is like sex because you`re doing the movie with other people. Editing is like being pregnant, and then you give birth and they take your baby away. After this process is done, I will watch the movie one more time with a paying audience that doesn`t know I`m there, and then I will never see it again. I`m so sick of it.
- Jim JarmuschOn working in Star Trek: Insurrection (1998): "I hadn`t seen much of Star Trek, so this really was like stepping into a whole new universe. But I feel a sense of honor and responsibility being in it, because I know that the fans of the series and films have such affection for and devotion to all the cast members, and particularly Picard. So I take my seduction of him very seriously." (1998)
- Donna MurphyMost virtue is a demand for greater seduction.
- Natalie BarneyFantastic (on School for Seduction)
- Denise WelchSeduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist often bothers to buy a bottle of wine.
- Andrea DworkinSeduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price.
- Ali FabbroThe North American Church is at a critical juncture. The gospel of grace is being confused and compromised by silence, seduction, and outright subversion. The vitality of the faith is being jeopardized. The lying slogans of the fixers who carry religion like a sword of judgment pile up with impunity. Let ragamuffins everywhere gather as a confessing Church to cry out in protest. Revoke the licenses of religious leaders who falsify the idea of God. Sentence them to three years in solitude with the Bible as their only companion.
- Andy CercoSeduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price
- Jean BaudrillardAll great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction
- Marya Mannes