Quotes About Individuality

I've always wanted to break the stereotype of being a model.

I was very sure I did not want to be the stereotype of what Indian people are seen as, which is Bollywood and henna. That's all great! It's what we are, and I love it. I love saris; I love music. I love henna; I love dancing, but that's not all we are.

People are incapable of stereotyping you; you stereotype yourself because you're the one who accepts roles that put you in this rut or in this stereotype.

Yes, I'm blonde. When I started as an actor, because of the accent and my body and my personality, it was not what the stereotype of the Latina woman in Hollywood is, so they didn't know where to put me. The blond hair wasn't matching. The moment I put my hair dark, it was better for my work.

Every character when born is a stereotype.

I really fought to make my character not a stereotype. I play a soap star with dyed blonde hair.

I've just been really lucky to not be too much of a stereotype.

Honestly, what can really be said about 'the Jewish people' as a whole? Is it not a lamentable stereotype to make large generalizations about all Jews, and to presume they all share the same political commitments?

I'm American; I was born and raised in America, and I don't want to fake who I am to fit a stereotype.

Everyone is their own kind of lesbian. To think there's a certain way to dress or present yourself in the world is just one more stereotype we have to fit into.

I don't think people understand the model-minority stereotype is negative. You are boxed in. You have to untangle that to find your own path.

I think that women out there should just be happy with how they look, and they shouldn't really try to conform to any stereotype. Just be happy and, hopefully, healthy.

As an American roughly the same age as Barack Obama, I will not be ridiculed or reduced to a stereotype. I want to age appropriately.

Every part that I do has to be different from the last part that I did so I don't become a stereotype.

I wasn't like the rest of the kids. I was an artist. Living in a black society, when you're raised around a bunch of boys who plays sports and chase girls, there's this perception of masculinity that's super hard to fit into. I wasn't the stereotype of that like a lot of my peers were.

I like being feminine, it's my way of not conforming to the stereotype that if you're a racing driver you don't care how you look.

Humans can be cruel - kids and adults alike. That doesn't mean they have to be forced to a specific stereotype.

I really don't want to be a stereotype.

We have to stop this stereotype that for girls it's about being in pink and horse riding. We need to teach kids to think outside the box, to dare girls to be different.

I was never a playboy, you know? But it's easy to say that because it's just a stereotype. 'OK, this boy did college so he must be a playboy.'

Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste.

While problem solving is a fundamental skill we all possess, not everyone should have to solve the same problems.

The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job.

Nothing happened to me, Officer Starling. I happened. You can't reduce me to a set of influences.