Quotes About Stereotype

Jim Carrey, a comic genius, has a harder time overcoming the public's desire for him to be funny simply because he's so good at it.

A nation of spaghetti eaters cannot restore Roman civilization!

if you judge a book by its cover,a fish will be thinking how stupid it looks its whole life.

My public image is absolutely not a fair reflection of who I am.

I've never really been told my game reflects like I'm from Los Angeles. I'm always told that I have more of an East Coast type game.

It's refreshing to tell a story from a woman's point of view which says it's normal not to want kids.

Many people told me not to call the book '... Refugee' because Aussies won't buy it. I told them I have faith in Aussies, and it makes me a proud Aussie to see that the title hasn't hurt the book.

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.

I refused to conform to an image that a lot of people thought a president's brother should adopt.

In my career, I have played a gangster, an ex cop, a journalist and a film director. Yet, the label of a serial kisser refuses to leave me.

People are disappointed when they hear my American accent because they regard 'The Police' as an English band but I've clung to my American-ness all the way.

I know an actor who would play one type of part but could never get cast as tough. Once he got cast as tough, as a cop, he only got offered cop roles. It's a funny business in that regard. It's all about perception.

Because in classical music cello is not regarded as a popular choice, it's always playing the long, boring notes.

I got into an argument with someone because I said I think 2Pac will be regarded as a great poet. They said he was just a punk gangster. People said the same thing about Francois Villon, and he's now considered the best French Romantic poet of all time.

It's one thing to be chosen to play Dr. Aziz, but to play Christ, which is traditionally regarded as a blond and blue-eyed part, was a great thing.

You know, Saudi Arabia has a lot of poverty also. Regardless about what you hear about the viceroy and people being rich, et cetera.

I've made so many movies playing a hooker that they don't pay me in the regular way anymore. They leave it on the dresser.

When Seymour saw me seated at the piano at that first rehearsal, he shouted: 'What's that kid doing here? Call your piano player and let's get started.'

If I played a vamp I would be rejected by the audience outright.

When people say I look intimidating, it's hard for me to relate to. I hear that a lot. I don't know why.

Most people can relate to that whole annoying thing when people think they know who you are.

When someone gets closely related to a character they play on TV, it's very hard to break that mold and go on to do something else.

When you release a single like 'My Friends Over You,' people just think you have one kind of song.

After the release of movies like 'Chidambarathil Oru Appasamy' and 'Amirtham,' I was branded as an actress who can do only homely roles.