Quotes About Misconceptions

I get labelled a ditzy, blonde reality TV person, which is fine.

I remember being so homesick and realizing that where I came from was not something that existed in the cultural imagination outside the city. People used to think Miami was just partying in South Beach all the time.

It's always irked me that they always say the white receiver has great hands or runs great routes or is a possession receiver.

Honestly, I try and stay away from what's been written about me, because if you let that stuff get to you and it's not true it can drive you crazy. One thing that I have heard recently which is not true, I didn't say it, is that I believe I was quote saying 'I will never take my shirt off for a movie again.' I didn't say that.

One of the myths about Dad was that he was mean. That simply wasn't true. I always found him generous to a fault but he wasn't reckless with his money, which was rather rare in Hollywood. He'd grown up with nothing and he wasn't about to fritter it all away.

People always say that I'm just a beautiful face. So immediately, I knew what I wanted. I wanted to be recognized to be more than that.

I'm not Irish. Just because I have red hair doesn't mean I'm a lucky charm, you know?

People have got a preconceived idea of what I look like, what I perform and what my shows are all about. I can understand that, because all they can refer to is 'Top Of The Pops.' But those who come to my shows know better.

People who think my dad is a bully, you should probably just hang out with him for a day and see what happens.

You can't be a strong or cool woman and be represented except in a harsh way, looking mean and cold and hard. It's like reverse sexism.

Almost nothing anyone told me about Harvard has been accurate.

Doesn't everyone hate Kristen Stewart?

I, perhaps wrongly, assume that people actually read articles that interest them rather than just headlines.

Most people think of 'Wuthering Heights' as romantic; it's really not about that at all.

This schizophrenic thinking that a glamorous heroine cannot act and an actress cannot ooze glamour must go.

People assume cheering in the NFL is mostly about a girl trying to snag herself a big, beefy, stinkin' rich football player. That is not the case.

If he were allowed to contact with foreigners he would discover that they are creatures similar to himself and that most of what he has been told about them is lies.

Middle-class people are fond of saying that the miners would not wash themselves properly even if they could, but this is nonsense, as is shown by the fact that where pithead baths exist practically all the men use them.

If he were allowed contact with foreigners he would discover that they are creatures similar to himself and that most of what he has been told about them is lies

Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world.

You must remember that nothing is more wearisome than to be obliged to listen to stories about a set of persons one has never seen.

This is a great continent. I went to primary school on this continent, secondary school, university. I've worked on this continent, and I think that it's a great disservice that, for whatever reason, people have usurped an imagery of Africa that is absolutely incorrect.

You always hear about how women working together will catfight.

Football is generally a working-class sport, and because of the fact I went to private school and was brought up slightly differently, people think that makes me a different person.