Quotes About Stereotypes

I'm a physical comedian first - and I'm a woman before that.

People tend to feel that if you're a comedian, you can't act.

If I am known as a comedian or I get to be known as one, it is because of one of two reasons - either you have not tried or you have accepted it.

As a disabled comedian, often my hecklers are also disabled.

One thing I hate in ethnic comedy is giving the audience the opportunity to laugh in a racist way at a thing. A lot of times dwarf comedians will do that, Arab comics, and gay comics will do it; everyone is laughing, but they're not laughing at the joke, they're laughing at this crazy character.

I don't like any female comedians.

People haven't seen me in a comedic setting, but that's who I really am.

Any comedic roles that I've gone out for usually end up going to a white woman or a gay man instead.

My father is best known for his light comedies, and I'm best known for crazy bad guys with short tempers.

Comedy is actually very macho driven.

Not everybody is comfortable with my ethnicity. When I first came along in the business, they didn't really like the idea of my name being Raquel.

It's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles.

I want to show there's an edgier side of people who love comic books. And there are people who don't look like you and me who do read comic books and who love artists.

It's very hard for a woman in comedy. It's hard for women to be bold and not care what anyone, particularly men, think. Maybe that is why so many women comics are lesbians.

I hate when I get asked, 'What's it like to be a woman in comics?'

Not everyone wants to see children's films, comics, and supermen.

What I need is for comics to not cheapen out and just do what they think a bunch of bloodthirsty 15 year old fans want.

When I started in comics, people were always trying to classify me as either/or. Either a writer who appealed to women or a writer who appealed to guys. This need to categorize was just exhausting.

I think it's very important that we don't sound like militants. Often what we do is we give a comment, and because it comes across with passion, then we're 'angry black people.'

I was told 'You should just do commercials and Bollywood' and Bollywood would be said to me like it's a bad thing.

One thing is for sure: that women are far more compassionate, empathetic, sensitive, and emotional in comparison to men.

If I were a man, I'd be allowed to play roles that were compelling and drove an audience to an emotional response.

I do believe, as a person of color, the disparities are great. A lot of the roles that were sent to me were 'Gangbanger No. 1.' And when a role did come up that I felt carried and represented my community in the best ways, I wasn't the only one that knew it existed. So I'd have to compete.

No woman ever lived who could compete with a man on an equal basis - even a 55-year-old man. There's a lot of talk about Women's Lib. They feel they're worth as much as the guys, but they can't play a lick if they can't beat a 55-year-old guy.