Quotes About Stereotype

Some people think that I must be ancient because I've been in the business for so long, others still think of me as a waif and assume that I'm too young for certain roles. Starting out at such an early age seems to have worked against me.

When audiences look at an action actor like myself, sometimes we are very easily stereotyped or characterized as one type. They forget that we are actors, too.

I shouldn't be called eccentric. I should be called a normal guy.

While I'm out of drag, I'm still extremely effeminate.

If I would have not been in films, I would have become an anti-social element.

I am so energetic and affectionate 24/7 that people around me think I do drugs.

If I go to England, they know I'm not an Englishman, but most Americans think I'm English.

Being accused of enthusiasm is something I'll never live down.

I knew I would be demonized as entitled and what no woman can ever be: ambitious.

For some reason, I don't like the term 'model-turned-actress' - which is what I am, essentially.

Directors assume I'm, like, establishment.

The only thing that said 'Lando Calrissian' was ethnic was his looks.

You can accuse Europeans of being many things - except fast.

Deafness isn't an illness! It's a sexual position!

Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun.

The standardized American is largely a myth created not least by Americans themselves.

You're a good model for a German soldier, except for the hair. You look as though you once had a thought in your head and that's hard to find.

He had to follow the opposite path: aim at a portrait completely on the surface, evident, unequivocal, that did not elude conventional appearance, the stereotype, the mask. The mask, being first of all a social, historical product, contains more truth than any image claiming to be "true";

If you think Sigourney Weaver is sexy then you are a homosexual.

The stereotype imagines a Wall Street populated by bulls and bears. In reality, the Street itself is neither bull nor bear but shark, constantly shifting direction in an eternal search for food.

Then we'd have to go to Dirk School, which is a school for dorks on the other side of town.

Football Players Are Really Dumb

An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.

I got rid of my teeth at a young age because I'm straight. Teeth are for gay people. That's why fairies come and get them.