Quotes About Individuality

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.

Stereotypes are so played out.

My sole agenda is to constantly break stereotypes.

I see it as someone who's been burned doesn't have to be put in this box where they can't be glamorous - I try and live that vision all the time and push those stereotypes away. That's all you can do.

I feel like when you call us drag queens, it stereotypes us. It puts us as labels and I feel like we are performers.

I have never been the stereotypical figure skater.

You don't need to be a stereotypical basketball player to be successful. You can be yourself. You can kick it with artists, you can kick it with nerds.

You know, I'm from the South, and I wasn't interested in perpetuating a stereotypical southern character.

Doing the stereotypical solo bores me.

I don't want to be that stereotypical black girl that's mad all the time.

From the moment I could express myself, I acted like a stereotypical girl and insisted that I was a girl. I wasn't just a boy who liked girly things - I knew I was a girl.

My first reaction to being pigeonholed or pushed into certain confines is to be like, 'No, I'm the opposite,' you know? Like, don't put me in a stereotypical black-girl category, because I'm not like that; I'm doing this thing over here.

My dad was not one of these stereotypical military people - buzz-cut, rah-rah-rah.

I hear actors complain about being stereotyped, and a lot of the time, you have yourself to blame. Just don't take the part if you feel like it's a stereotypical part for you. You have control over your life. We don't have the old studio system, where you have to do what they tell you.

Every job I've done so far, every character has been completely different, and that's really important to me because I don't want to fall into a stereotypical box. Of course, every actor has their box, and you have to respect and play for it, but I do love challenging myself.

Somebody could look at me and go, 'She's dressed black,' or 'She's behaving in the stereotypical way of a black lesbian.' But this is how I feel most comfortable. This is my authentic self. I want the freedom to be that regardless of how someone interprets it.

Usually, like, anyone that would adopt, like, 'masc,' period, to describe them - it's a very phony, stereotypical masculinity.

I'm aware that I don't look like the traditional or the stereotypical type of Hollywood starlet and that is OK with me.

I don't really have routines or follow what my coaches tell me or how people want me to be: this stereotypical 'sleep on time and set good examples' person. I don't really know what setting a good example is.

I tried my hardest to be the opposite of a stereotypical Asian student.

I did not want to do stereotypical buildings.

I think a lot of rappers limit themselves by doing the gangster movies and that's stereotypical for a rapper.

I hate stereotypical roles.

I'm glad that I'm not a stereotypical actor.