Quotes About Stereotypes

Who laughs less than feminists?

For years, the feminists thought of me as an army sergeant. I was too macho for them.

I don't, for the record, have a Tweety Bird fetish.

There are few things more American than falling back on the language of race when what we're really talking about is class or, more accurate still, manners, values and taste.

Has there ever been anybody, real or fictional, whiter than Betty Crocker?

We've always had to play second fiddle to the men in European football.

In high school, I didn't realize that science or engineering were male-dominated fields. When I got to college, and I was one of two girls in a 50-person class, that's when I realized that this was a unique decision I had made as a girl to go into engineering.

If you're in a business where Latinos only play Indian maidens and what I call 'Conchita Lolita' parts - the little fiery spitfires - you do what you have to do.

Cindy McCain has emerged as a definite hottie. I think that sometimes happens to women in their early fifties.

A big misconception is that women shouldn't be in the UFC because we fight 'like girls,' but I think women have some of the most exciting fights.

I think people get confused: people think 'strong female characters' mean you need to play an action figure.

I kind of figured if I couldn't get a job as a dwarf, looking as I do, I should just give up acting.

In society, it's hard for some to view women getting hit. They see the women as different figures rather than as athletes and fighters.

You rarely see a Filipino family on TV.

It is important for the film industry to rise above ageism.

There is this thing in America where actresses reach 40 and go mad. The film industry wants all these young people.

The film industry is mostly about unidimensional characters.

Film industry people don't read books.

I think filmmakers, in general... There are some awesome, really great filmmakers - but on the whole, filmmakers, actors, I think they are the biggest bunch of whiny, over-paid babies on the planet.

We don't have a lot of class-conscious filmmaking.

I don't think films about elderly people have been made very much.

I was the artsy one, and my husband took care of all our finances. It was the Latino way - the man is in charge of the money.

Doesn't matter what you say or do; people can always find a way to call you a dick.

If you look good, you can act in a Bollywood movie, you don't have to be able to act; and Aishwarya Rai is a great example of this. She is a beautiful woman... You look at her, I want to look at her. Damn, she is fine; but stop acting or stop trying to act.