Quotes About Stereotype

People used to assume I was a serious/sad person because of my music for some reason.

I'm a very laidback sort of guy, but people assume I am a serious actor and a serious person. That is not true.

There's this assumption that as an actor, Hollywood is always the end point, but I never thought along those lines.

I feel like there was a belief that I couldn't play more than 10 minutes in the league because of asthma or because of anything.

People still think I'm a bit of a buffoon - not really an athlete.

I'm too athletic to play the dunker role at center.

I think the accent is what a lot of people find attractive. If you take the accent away, I'm a very troll-like individual.

I know Asian actors out there won't even audition for a role that have an accent. But for me, I was the kid with an accent. I still have an accent to some degree.

Mmm, well that whole thing about having to look tough has never left Australia.

People automatically assume that if I get anywhere it's because of my association with X, Y or Z, or because I'm pretty.

Every automobile ad looks alike.

Let's just face it: The average girl is not 6-3. I look very average.

I'm only 5-foot-6, but people think I'm sort of a great big Viking woman. I'm not - I'm completely normal and average.

Usually, people think that award movies are hard to break.

People ask me, 'Have you done much drag?' And I say, 'I don't think of it as drag. I'm playing a woman!'

Everyone at drama school called me Musical Boy.

I think the audience expect me to be on saas-bahu dramas - such shows attract me also.

We never thought of ourselves as a girl band. We dressed like blokes.

I'm the only black man you ever met who couldn't dribble a basketball.

I feel every time I score I prove people wrong. People doubt me all the time. They do that to all players but for me it's, 'He's too slow, he's too old.' It annoys those people every time I score and it drives me on.

People think I just dropped out of university and went, 'Mum, Dad, get me a job in television.'

It's just so weird that some people recognize me from TV and then other people say, 'Get away from me, you drunk!'

I don't know why people think I'm this ad-lib dude.

They see a blooper here and there, and they just think, 'Oh, he's dumb.' I mean, what can I do? I can't 'at' everyone on Twitter and tell them I'm not dumb. Because that looks dumb.