Quotes About Stigma

People think that unless you become the de-glam girl, who has horrible things happening to her, you're not really acting; all it takes to cry for the camera is some glycerine. Not doing anything is what's difficult; I know a lot of actors who will agree with me.

There's this assumption that every British actor, they can ride horses. Definitely not!

I've grown up with racism my entire life. I've been bullied, sent to the hospital, beat up, I've been called a Chink and a Gook. Every single racial slur an Asian person can be called, I've been called it.

As an actor, you audition a lot for 'the girlfriend' or the 'hot girl.'

My household, as I was growing up, was a house of hidden shame.

I don't want to think about how many people have thought or still think that I'm crazy.

But it's amazing how many people think that gay men should slink off into the shadows when it comes to having friendships with children.

If parents know how many times others are finding lice on their kids' heads, maybe other parents will not hide their own discoveries in shame.

You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.

If you don't look like Rupert Graves or Hugh Grant, they'll have you playing the gardener.

Let's face it: there's still a certain amount of racism in human beings, so that shows up in Hollywood.

Because we are all human beings, we are all HIV-eligible.

I think most human beings go through some sort of depression in their life. And if they don't, I think that's weird.

People who are looked up to in America will often say, 'I don't get math.' And they'll often say it like they're being humble, but they seem almost proud of it because it's acceptable to act this way.

For years, humorous characters in cartoons have been almost exclusively male.

If she's sad or upset or angry, she needs to be alone-she fears a man dismissing her womanly tears.

But I wasn't a well-read bookworm; I was just a dumb whore in the right library.

I'm just tired of people judging me because I fit into a certain mold.

I know, I know, I'm being a girl.

And people loved me. I was no longer the pity case (with, how weird, the dead sister). I was the pretty girl (with, how sad, the dead sister). And so I was popular.

Women are fucking crazy. No qualifier: Not some women, not many women. Women are crazy.

I'm just tired of people judging me because I fit into a certain mold.

Muy propio de Nick», y lo que quiera que fuese a continuación, lo que quiera que fuese «muy propio de mí», siempre era negativo.)

I'm barely five foot—four foot, ten inches in truth, but I round up. Sue me. I'm thirty-one, but people tend to talk to me in singsong, like they want to give me fingerpaints.