Quotes About Stereotypes

As I grew up, I always refused to cook Indian food very vehemently, and to this day, I don't cook chapatis at home. I'd always say, 'Why do I have to do it? Why don't the men do it?'

I know an actor who would play one type of part but could never get cast as tough. Once he got cast as tough, as a cop, he only got offered cop roles. It's a funny business in that regard. It's all about perception.

We're always being told that there's a linear progress regarding women. It only gets better, especially for women artists. It's not true.

There are hierarchies in B-Town regarding many things, not just gender. Men also go through a lot in this industry.

If you're white working with non-white people, you will be branded as a colonialist by some people, regardless of your efforts or intentions.

As a woman people judge you on your looks regardless of the fact you're just there to race.

I'm not saying this is all men, but in my experience as a woman, I'm not taken as seriously in a leadership role regardless of how good I am at what I'm doing.

If I was fat and had a strong regional accent and was a bloke, I'd be a stand-up. Because I think I'm funny.

I was a regular little boy who also enjoyed things that girls did.

People who like girl bands are really different from regular band fans.

I don't usually see my type for on-camera stuff as a series regular. Normally, my type is the janitor, the secretary, the cop, or the nurse.

I'm just a regular guy. All these ideas that children shouldn't watch me, I'm going to be confusing, all this stuff, it's crazy.

The reason I get so excited about 'Master of None' is because it's showing people of color as regular people.

I leave it very open because, at the end of the day, it's one of those things where I shouldn't have to reinforce and state, 'No, I'm a heterosexual' - because that's all nonsense.

I reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class.

Sometimes I try to sell shows with a female lead to networks, and that isn't something that's been a proven formula for them, so they reject it. I do feel like men get the funniest roles in movies.

People often ask how I can reject the phrase 'woman writer' and not reject the phrase 'Jewish writer' - a preposterous question. 'Jewish' is a category of civilization, culture, and intellect, and 'woman' is a category of anatomy and physiology.

In Atlanta, with a large African-American population, Sosa is often considered a black man. In Miami and Los Angeles, with larger Hispanic populations, he is a Latino man, and the black label is rejected as robbing Hispanics of a hero.

When I started, I'd hear other people saying, 'God, she's so bizarre-looking,' because I didn't look like the girl next door. But I was just normal. I was the girl next door. There were people in high fashion I could better relate to who were doing something more interesting and not talking this sort of rubbish.

I would not want to be a part sass-bahu sagas. These are not realistic, and it gets tough for me to relate to my role.

The people who relate to Playboy, both readers and people who produce it, are not the way the critics think they are.

It's weird because I see black gay characters on television all the time, but do I relate to them? Not always, because they're set pieces.

I was never afraid to try female products. I didn't believe in those gender identities as it related to products.

We all live in a culture that is continually isolating feminine and masculine aspects, even when they're not related to people.