Quotes About Stereotypes

Someone - a man - advised me not to become a news anchor because my eyelashes were too long, and they would distract the viewers.

Shows like 'Empire,' 'Black-ish,' 'Scandal,' and 'How to Get Away With Murder' are expanding viewers' perspectives on what people of color can be like. They're showing more range. They're showing more diversity within diversity.

When people see 'bisexual,' they still confuse it with promiscuity, which is so wrong. So I was so pumped to be the first bisexual on Riverdale and just normalize that for viewers.

I hate being typecast and I don't want to do things that are boring for me because it would be boring for the viewers as well.

I'm sure the hard-core feminist will say we're trapped, but I think viewers see how empowered we are.

The tin man vs. the straw man. The candidate with a brain but without a heart against the president with a heart but without a brain. That's how many Latin Americans are viewing the race between John Kerry and George W. Bush.

I have a theory that there's almost this primal viewpoint on women in the business, that once you're beyond childbearing age, you are perceived as nonthreatening, nonsexual, noncastable. Sure, I already knew it before I got into it. I just didn't know I'd end up making my living from low-budget, independent films.

I often find myself unsatisfied with books 'about' Indians because they are written from the viewpoint of non-Indians.

At 18 years old, you don't think about the impact the job will have on the future. You're not completely switched on to how society views women, so while it was such a great experience there is still a snobbery about 'Page 3,' which is a huge shame.

I grew up in the South, and I think there are lots of people who have distorted views of the South.

When I first started, all the media I ever got was, 'Hey! There's this Indian girl. And even though she is Indian, she gets views and stuff.'

I think we, the Republicans, have been mistyped as unfriendly to minorities and not receptive to minority views.

I've never really identified with the way a typical alpha male views women. It's always an awkward forum for me to hang out with another guy and talk about girls, because I can't really find a way to fit in.

I want to put something on the screen that audiences have never seen black actors do before, roles that will widen views of who African-Americans are.

In India, people have narrow-minded views about nudity and boldness.

If white people are constantly told how culturally different their Asian neighbors are, and if Asians are told to be vigilant against white racism, both groups might conclude that they have little in common and much to fear from their neighbours.

In our village women are left to clean the house and milk the cattle so when I first entered the ring, I had to hear the criticism of people.

Earlier, there were only two hairstyles. If the hero had a fringe, he was village bumpkin. If he slicked his hair back, he was an urban sophisticate.

Shamna is a 'hot star' for Malayalis, but for my Telugu and Tamil audience, Poorna is a girl next-door. That is because I have mostly played village belle or de-glam characters in these industries. Whatever people's perception about me is I'm happy.

I once lost a role because I was told I am fair. They were looking for a village woman who is darker.

They'll touch you and look at your skin to see if it's paint. I'm not playing. All Russia is not like that. You've got your big cities like Moscow, St. Petersburg. Some cities understand that there are black people. They do exist. But the smaller cities, the little villages, they've never seen it.

People wanted me to be like the Madonna, the white nun, you know, and that's not me. But I'm no villain.

When you're a guest star on TV shows - particularly in the 1960s - you're always the villain.

If you find yourself always playing the villain, or if you find yourself being typecast into a corner where you're not happy then that's probably rather miserable, but if I have been typecast I am quite happy about it.