Quotes About Stereotypes

Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general.

The most common occupation for women in G rated films is royalty - which is a great gig, if you can get it.

That's what they should teach us here. How girls' brains work... It would be more useful than divination, anyway.

Men play harder than they work; women work harder than they play.

Every time I work with real Southern actors... we immediately go into white trash and we just get along really well within one night.

I never worry about the social backlash against my work because I'm a man in a dress, and somehow American society creates a buffer on how severe things are when you put a man in a dress.

It was hard to be taken seriously being model-turned-actress. I needed to work on my acting chops. There are so few parts available that are good for women.

I think the days of putting your feet up when you're pregnant are long gone. Women who are nine months pregnant now have to work till the bitter end - they don't get to be on TV.

I don't think that because I am Hispanic I should therefore do Hispanic work.

You better get as much work as you can now because, once you get over 40, it's over.

I find being Irish quite a wearing thing. It takes so much work because it is a social construction. People think you are going to be this, this, and this.

If you've got more ambiguous characters or stock stereotypes, the plastic comes through and they don't work as well.

As long as you're pushing men to stay at work, you're pushing women to stay home.

The prejudice is against men and women - assuming men stay at work. That's the reason why we don't have enough women in the halls of power - the prejudice is pushing women to go home.

In America they like my spicy TV alter ego, probably because there were a lot of Italians and Hispanics in the country, but the real L.A. life is a hard-working one.

It used to be that nobody would really argue with a woman, because what she thought (unless it was by way of providing helpful comments about one's own work) just didn't matter.

Men must work, and women must weep.

I don't want to be typecast as the 'ambient guy' or someone who only does electronic scores. I think most of the work that comes my way is because people feel they know me musically.

The trouble is when people read about authors, they don't feel compelled to read the authors' work.

Rich kids work hard. Most black kids aren't working hard enough.

If you're a lead actor, people are just waiting to say 'you're too old' or 'you're too unhip.' If you're a supporting actor, you can just work forever.

The definition of woman's work is shitwork.

I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books.

It's been hard in entertainment as a 45-year-old woman to find jobs. They get fewer and far between if you're older, unless you're one of the few lucky ones who work constantly, like Meryl Streep.