Quotes About Stereotypes

If an audience is watching you and you're a bloke - it's the same as if you're a woman. They're expecting the same: to be entertained.

Nobody expects girls to do something smart or give one liners in a film.

People are like, 'Oh, they must be Catholic' or 'Oh, she must just want all of his money.' I'm like, 'If I wanted all of his money, why am I having so many children? Children are expensive!'

There is a misconception that I've experienced in my life about people that live in the South. I got sent away to school in Connecticut in the late Eighties, and kids were honestly asking me, 'Do people there wear shoes?'

I would love to experiment with roles. But when people say that we are not doing anything different, it is because directors do not approach us with diverse roles.

I feel like it's a bit of a misconception that all actors have to be expert martial artists if they're Asian.

I think exposure for kickers and punters is not that bad of a thing. I think it's come a long way, and hopefully, in the future, kickers and punters won't be mocked as much.

I was absolutely astonished by an onslaught of comments expressing their absolute shock that IFLS is run by a woman.

'Cougar' has become so distasteful. I really hate that expression.

So many women characters are extensions of male fantasy.

Just because we wear hair extensions and make-up doesn't mean we're the punchline for every joke.

I understand, as the young, attractive woman in film, that there's always going to be people seeking out extra salacious things for you to do.

I don't think I present as gender-conforming on screen, but some people need a little extra information.

No, I was not born with a monocle in my eye.

The only thing I know about being Asian is that my hair is black and my eyelashes are straight and I have strange eyebrows.

All my life I have faced this awkwardness, as I almost sound like a guy. In fact, whenever I would call my friends, their dads would say, 'Hold on son.'

I've always been faced with all kinds of criticism. People were saying, 'Oh, Shaggy is pop. He can't do dancehall,' even though I came from dancehall.

I am convinced the next major attack against the United States may well be conducted by people with Asian or African faces, not the ones that many Americans are alert to.

What's David's role? David looks good, that's what David does. David looks good, and I'm the funny one, that's what I hear constantly. But I keep telling him that looks fade.

I was always told that I acted too white. I was always told that I was going to date a white guy - which, in fairness, was true: I do have a white boyfriend. So they weren't entirely wrong, but all of those things were really damaging.

I would never fall in love with a ditch-digger.

Age is definitely an issue for women in TV. There comes a point - especially if you're a woman - when your career just falls off a cliff. I'm not being self-pitying. That's just the way it is.

Growing up on an all-boys' team wasn't the easiest thing. I'd have guys come after me on the ice and just hit me because I'm a girl. I'd have parents heckling me from the stands, other parents not wanting me on the team, not making certain teams just because I was a girl.

I hate whenever there's a social issue that comes up in golf and people in the mainstream media who hate golf and who've conjured up all these stereotypes of people who are in the sport, the way they tear it down... I resent it, and I'll defend golf and people in golf until my dying day.