Quotes About Misconceptions

I don't think I'm the only girl who's not a groupie who has been called a groupie. Talented, beautiful people tend to fall in love with each other. I don't know why that's so unusual.

It's funny because I remember when I came to the U.S. with 'Swimming Pool,' the movie did well, and it was great box office for a French movie, but I remember I was a bit upset because all people talked to me about was the nudity.

It's not like I ride a broom into interviews. I don't hang upside down with a cape on.

People tend to see all black congressmen as liberals with an urban twist: They're all for gun control and against the death penalty. It's not true, and it shouldn't be true.

It women knew what we were thinking they'd never stop slapping us.

A woman never sees what we do for her she only sees what we don't do.

Woman's place is in the wrong.

Theres really not much that people can pick on me for my work, so obviously they find other reasons to write something bad about me. I mean, people enjoy reading bad stuff about people.

I go into meetings, and people have this preconceived notion of me that I didn't work hard to get where I am.

I've learned that people latch onto labels and stereotypes. There was a period when I was asked in every single interview how I liked being the new Frank Sinatra... I think people will soon realize that I do a lot more than interpret old songs.

When you are not part of an industry, your knowledge of that field is based on what you read and hear and on the stereotypes that are attached to it.

We don't have milk cows. People have so many stereotypes of people from where I come from - Oklahoma. We don't ride around in covered wagons, either.

I don't believe in stereotypes. Most of the time, stereotypes are just that.

There really are a lot of stereotypes I fight.

Americans' perceptions of Africa remain rooted in troubling stereotypes of helplessness and perpetual crisis.

I think that all stereotypes sort of begin with truth. I think that the only problem is if that's the only place that you go.

If, as a Spaniard, I am so often offended by the stereotypes that abound regarding my country, how can I accept and repeat the ones that fall even more heavily upon Israel?

The proliferation of bans fuels stereotypes and discriminates against a community.

I don't think I'm defying stereotypes on purpose. If it so appears that way, so be it. For me, I've been brought up that way.

I'd hate to think that the stereotypical American is someone who just says 'Hi - bye' in conversation. That's how Europeans see us. And I'd like to think that not all of us are like that.

Young people are often portrayed in a very negative and stereotypical manner.

Everybody thinks, 'Oh, you're married to Howard Stern... You must be laughing all the time.' Yes, we are laughing all the time, but our lives together, it is not crazy.

Steroids do not guarantee you're going to have success. I think a lot of people think that they will, but they don't.

For women, even if she's nerdy enough to be Steve Jobs, she's undateable.