Quotes About Stereotypes

I'm not ashamed of it, but people would think I'm ashamed of Bieber. I got Bieber on my iPod.

Sometimes, there's not an honest engagement of Ireland in Hollywood movies.

Irish people never think we're Irish. Americans think we're European or French.

It's very difficult to break in Europe unless you break in England, and it's very difficult to break in England if you're Irish.

U2 and Sinead O'Connor - I haven't a clue why we're compared to them. Apart from us all being Irish, we've nothing in common.

It's ironic, really. Guys should be excited that I got Kristen Bell. If Brad Pitt gets Kristen Bell, it's like, 'Well, of course he did.' With me, it should be, 'Oh good, a normal-looking guy got her. Maybe I'll get me a Kristen Bell.' But guys hate my guts for always dating women I have no right to be with.

As a kid, I didn't know that 'All in the Family' was satirizing male chauvinism or that Bobby Riggs was a self-promoting put-on. Many of us didn't get the irony and went on making fun of women and girls who wanted to play sports, especially the same sports that men and boys traditionally played.

Americans are not renowned for having a sense of irony.

Well, it'd certainly be fascinating if we discovered that gays were better at being married than heterosexuals are. Talk about irony.

The irony is that the more unapologetically sexist men are in movies, the more women tend to be attracted to them in person.

Why are women always described as 'desperate,' while men are just... irrational?

Men are irrelevant.

Don't make generalisations about any group of children. For years I have felt angry with those who argue that Shakespeare and the rest of the classic canon are irrelevant to inner-city kids.

People are ready to take good actors, irrespective of whether he is a TV actor or a filmstar.

I think I am really irreverent and I pretty much just talk to and about men the way men talk to and about women.

I don't want to say I'll never play someone with a cockney accent, but I think I would be irritated by me doing it.

I find it particularly irritating, if I go to a games conference to speak about my work, that often it's presumed that I'm the marketing girl - that's annoying.

Growing up as an Asian American in this society, there were a lot of times where you feel isolated or out of place as an Asian. And growing up in White America, that's absolutely my experience. And I think that's why I got into acting because I wanted to be anybody else but Asian.

Africa should not again face isolation or stigmatisation based on ignorance and unrepresentative imagery.

I wanted to bring likable Arabs into the average Israeli living room.

People think that Israelis are mean, evil people who only want to hurt Arabs all day.

I think generalizations of any sort are dangerous. I'll say, if that is the case - right now it's an American issue.

Manbags are only acceptable if you are Italian, French, or gay.

There are lots of wonderful old Italian actors. You don't need to take an Egyptian to play an Italian actor.