Quotes About Representation

Sometimes, when I was the only person of color in a room, you had to defend all the people of color everywhere.

I feel very fortunate to be the face of the women's division on 'Smackdown Live' and defend that championship any opportunity that I get.

My job is all about defending the people that I play.

People in Hollywood defer to what they know, which is a white lead, particularly in romantic comedies.

We don't really get to see gay characters who are completely open with their sexuality, but it doesn't define who they are.

Black people have to define who we are, or others do it for us.

There are stories I wanted to tell, and they are not defined by what I look like.

There's this responsibility you feel to present a certain thing that kind of respectability politics. I think that became the only accepted way of defining black culture. I started to become too aware of 'How does this look?' instead of 'Who are these characters?'

Ambassadors are, by definition, foreign bodies.

Hopefully, if we stop using the term plus-size we can just create a broader definition for what a model is.

I'm able to give a voice to the athletes around the world - use my degree for something other than the power play.

Early on, I played a Chinese delivery person, and even that, which was very innocuous, felt like I was somehow betraying myself. I felt very self-conscious on set doing that role, with a crew that was almost entirely white.

Growing up, the only Asian face I saw on air was Connie Chung or extras on M*A*S*H. That was it. You could either be Chinese delivery guy No. 4 or maybe one day read the news.

There is more of a demand, especially on the Internet and on Tumblr and Twitter, from women who are like, 'We want to see more of us on TV!'.

It's hard to say, 'I demand a seat at a table for best picture.'

Audiences need to keep demanding shows with strong female leads.

I want people to learn what democracy means.

We're not a democracy.

Long live democracy!

To me, being a Democrat means we can't let 'We the People' turn into 'We the Few.'

If there was a Liberal Democrat government, there clearly would be women in the Liberal Democrat Cabinet.

Whether you're Democrat or Republican... you want everybody who's eligible to vote to vote, and that's how you want to win elections.

I'm a democrat.

Democrat leaders are not only out of the American mainstream, but are also out of the Democratic mainstream.