Quotes About Stereotypes

Few politicians and analysts understand the very real fault lines among Asian sub-groups: Some Asians have done very well for themselves. A lot of them have not.

I have been very fortunate to play parts that have not been just, 'Oh, you need a fat person to play this part.' It's been a secondary thing or we made a feature of it.

I was fed up with doing vampish negative roles, dolled-up with heavy makeup all the time.

Women say things that are direct - they are told they are too abrasive. I got that feedback in the corporate world.

I always look for roles that make me feel good about being a girl. I have to say that there are a lot of roles out there that make me feel really bad about being a girl. You can imagine what the things are and I shall not go into detail.

If I have any sexist feelings they are aimed at men: I hate manly men.

I think it's important that the rest of the world know that we're not all the same and that we don't all have the sort of arrogance it feels like they're perceiving from our leaders.

When an actor charges high fees, nobody says anything. But when an actress does the same, it becomes news.

I don't think it's fair for people to put fellow beings down just because they're only known for their looks.

We put limitations on the way that we think about things, on ourselves, think about all the boxes we live in, male or female, you're this age, that age, this is your job, this is not your job, everything is about getting boxed in.

There is not one female comic who was beautiful as a little girl.

I am a black British female artist, so I must be like Ms Dynamite, I must be like Shystie, I must be like Jamelia, but we're all different.

The women doing comedy do not even think of themselves as 'female' comedians.

For every movie that you go see, how many leading male roles are there in any given movie, and how many leading female roles are there? There may be 5 or 6 really good roles for guys and maybe one for a woman. And it doesn't even matter if you're 25. That's just the logistics.

Something I always admire, especially in female comedians, is that they're willing to make themselves look terrible.

I want to abolish tags like 'comeback' and 'retirement' that are used to define every married female actor. What is the big deal? In Hollywood, every top actor takes a break, has children, and gets back to work.

As female artists, we have to be constantly criticized for the way that we look, the way that we dress, on a whole other level that men don't have to face.

In my mind, every single female character I've written is plus-size.

Even in stories that I like, with a female character that I love deeply, it always feels like there's something that she has to prove to the male characters before she can even get started.

There's no need for a female character that does things like a male character; that's not what makes interesting female characters in my view.

It's nice to see more of those meaty female characters emerging because so often in the industry, it's always about the males.

All too often, female characters, in particular, aren't multi-layered enough.

A lot of animated movies in the past have sort of relied on these archaic tropes on what the female characters in those movies can be and who they are.

In music today, people are against females. We don't have that empowerment anymore. We don't have that voice.