Quotes About Stereotypes

I am who I am. I have a low voice, and I look like somebody's dad or boss or a police chief, and those roles come my way.

Years ago, I couldn't get arrested in commercials because of my look: 'Is he Jewish, Hispanic, or African-American?' I ended up doing voiceover work, which has been great. Honestly, I can't complain.

I've done a handful of voiceover and on-camera jobs where I've been asked to 'be blacker.' That's code for sassier, more ghetto, more neck rolls and snaps.

Manspread, mansplaining, manterrupting - all of it, whether conscious or not, diminishes women's voices, minds, and bodies.

So much of what blacks and women contend with is centered in how we view, and how the world views, our bodies. Gestures, voices, affect.

I think older women's voices are the most hated voices in the world - whether it's because people are reminded of their mothers or what, I don't know.

Particularly in television, we can stereotype ourselves. You realize that we all have a lot of voices in our head. We have angry voices, we have voices of doubt, and we have moments of strength.

I am one of the few composers who has been lucky enough to manage to do songs with female singers, despite the labels and producers wanting otherwise. They don't believe that songs with female voices can work and often push us to work with male singers.

We need to make sure we're bringing in diverse voices and not expecting everyone to be a representation of their ethnicity or their age or their gender, but judge them individually and make sure that we're figuring out who the person is and not just checking a box.

At times, conservatives become defined by their volume rather than by their ideas.

When Peace Corps was first proposed, some in Congress assumed that only men would be volunteers.

When I modeled, my name always came with a preface: 'the voluptuous Sophie Dahl.' I was the anti-waif, as round as a Rubens.

People called rock & roll 'African music.' They called it 'voodoo music.' They said that it would drive the kids insane. They said that it was just a flash in the pan - the same thing that they always used to say about hip-hop.

We look at individuals who would vote for Donald Trump as if... we kind of undervalue them. And we underestimated them.

I'm a conservative. I voted for Donald Trump and back in 2016 everybody was talking about, 'Oh my God, here's another TV character trying to run for the presidency.' They didn't really take him seriously.

Perhaps the reason Trump voters are so frequently the subject of caricature is that they so frequently conform to type.

You know, because of my military background, I talk to voters who for the first two minutes think I'm a Republican.

If women speak their mind, then they are termed as trouble makers or attention seekers.

I'm self-deprecating because I'm British, and that's what we're supposed to be. I'm sure if I was American, I'd tell you how great I was.

When women say no, they are immediately seen as selfish and not team players.

People would expect me to be this ditzy, bubblegum-pop girl. I was selling myself short.

I've always avoided making being a woman my main asset and unique selling point. If it is then you'll start seeing other women as competition, and that's the last thing you need when entering a very male-dominated field.

It just so happens that I'm trans. It shouldn't have to be like 'Oh, that's the trans model selling the trans clothes.'

I get sent a lot of scripts where you're just the mom.