Quotes About Stereotype

I think being on a TV show is amazing but also, people get kind of used to seeing you a certain way and so it becomes a challenge to break free from that in a way.

The average person in Hollywood just assumes that if you're on a hit TV show, then that's the first thing you've ever done.

The Texas thing is such a big deal because whenever I see Texas in a TV show, they always show slow-moving cattle and cowboys with the hats. I wanted to show that Texas isn't a stereotype.

I'd like to prove that just because I'm on a TV show about the area that I live in, it doesn't mean that I can't do anything, that I'm not strong - and I really hope that I show that.

I think that for the most part, black people specifically have sort of been used as props in TV shows as a way to move story along or as a way to make things more entertaining.

British people are surprised that I'm British! It's extraordinary, I get tweets every day from British people saying, 'I had no idea you were British.'

After ten or twelve years you can only play something so long and then you start to parody it.

We have a bad image in the world, I've got to admit. I just want people to think twice about Colombia. Don't go by the first impression.

I think, being a woman, we got to prove ourselves twice.

Everybody thinks the Bushes are from Texas. I've been there twice.

The sad thing is that I feel so boring because 'Twilight' is literally how every conversation I have these days begins - whether it's someone I'm meeting for the first time or someone I just haven't seen in a while. The first thing I want to say to them is, 'It's insane! And, as a person, I can't do anything!'

Sometimes, you get portrayed the way you don't want to be portrayed.

Be happy with your stereotype. Asians - that's the stereotype I want. Being the smartest person in the world? You're the smartest, what are you complaining about? You know what I get? 'Wassup?

I had the feeling I was going to be successful, and I didn't want to be another disappointing Indian.

All right, two dozen house specials. Any chance one of you might want to live dangerously and try a vegetable? (Aimee) Do we look like rabbits to you? (Fury)

People want to typecast you; it's human nature.

I don't worry about how folks want to characterize me.

The thing that I come across is that people think that I might actually be super aggressive, want-to-fight type in real life. The irony is that that's just not true, at all.

There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way.

I auditioned for 'Revenge Of The Nerds,' and I so did not want the picture. I didn't want it. I didn't want be in anything that had nerds anywhere.

I mean, if Hardee's is urban, I'm not sure I want to see rural.

A lot of people in fashion don't want to be linked with anything that has to do with reality TV.

I think that what people abroad want from French film, inside French film becomes our worst fear, "Oh, another film about love!"

The whole thing is you don't want to be pigeon-holed as 'Oh, he's a guy in a wheel chair. He's very fragile. You better watch out.