Quotes About Stereotypes

Usually, whatever people's particular political leaning is, they either think I'm just like them or the opposite.

You see a woman, 22 years old, going out with a guy over 60 - and it's kind of natural. But if it happens in the opposite direction everyone says, 'What is going on there?'

Of the opposite sex, I have the moustache and, in general, the face.

It's a common misunderstanding, that when a bisexual person is dating someone of the opposite sex that they are now straight, or if they are dating someone of the same sex they are now gay.

Gays are the molecular opposites of blacks.

I think we still have a long way to go in understanding that feminist and femininity are not opposites.

When I was growing up I don't think Muslims and Jews were considered to be opposites.

I didn't think I could play in a band. It just wasn't an option - all band members were men, and bandleaders were men.

I put my name into the Google search bar. Justine Bateman... And the auto-complete comes up. The auto-complete says that the top option is, 'Justine Bateman looks old.'

At my worst, I was a size 22, and at that size, you can't go down the high street and buy yourself things that make you feel good. Your shopping options are limited in a way they aren't when you are a size 12.

We still have so far to go as a country. People don't like to listen to women or take orders from them. I feel that a lot as a woman playing music.

I love how British people call Asian people 'oriental' unless they're talking about Indian people, who get to be called Asian.

I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.

There is a misconception in our society that only women have to follow the norms of wearing a mangalsutra after marriage. Actually there are a few ornaments which even men are expected to wear after marriage.

A lot of young Latino actors have said to me, 'Why can't we get an Oscar? Why can't we be nominated?' And the terrible truth is that if you don't get the right parts, you're not going to be. Are you going to get an Oscar nomination for one of those Judd Apatow movies? Not likely, no matter what nationality you are.

I'm definitely interested in taking on roles where I don't look like myself. But I'm not saying I'm going to go out of my way to play a disabled person in order to win an Oscar.

Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

Britain has still got rather fewer astronomers than many other countries - the French and the Italians, for example. Why is that? I don't think those countries have better brains.

I lived in an all-black neighborhood, followed by an all-white one, and other kids in the always called me Mexican in both neighborhoods.

People would call me Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan or whatever popular martial artist there was at that time. I also remember the other kids at the lunch table freaking out when I brought in Korean food.

We ought not to demonize a single gang member, and we ought not to romanticize a single gang.

What I hated was doing what somebody in LA thought Jeff Foxworthy ought to do.

You can have manic-depression without having an ounce of creativity.

Dark skin is considered less than light skin in the in the minds of many in our community and in the media.