Quotes About Representation

Should 50 per cent of Telefilm's projects be helmed, produced, or written by women? I think so.

For me, I actively look for projects that showcase people of color.

In order for a person of color to get on a cover of a magazine, they have to do something prolific - winning an Oscar, being the first billionaire, you know, or whatever. I think it's becoming more natural that somebody can get on the cover of a magazine just because they're an amazing person. That's what it should be.

So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.

When you do a film with somebody who's my age - which is always the role of a mother or a grandmother - despite of well-defined characters, you don't get to play a very large part as the main leads get prominence.

What we need to focus on is not that we're not nominated, but that we have many more Latinos that are in prominent positions on shows all across the dial than ever before.

I can do an hour-long speech about Democrats taking African Americans for granted, and I'd have a line behind me of very prominent African-Americans who would say, 'Amen.'

Of course, I'm all for women getting to play prominent parts.

When Ellen came out on national television, it was the first time I'd ever seen an LGBT woman represented in such a prominent way.

I've always been very passionate about trying to have Asian-Americans or Asian faces be more prominent in mainstream media.

There are certain directors who just don't cast diversely in prominent roles. Ever. Often it's just because they don't have a diverse social circle, so they don't think of black or brown people as husbands, best friends, bosses.

I promise: I will be a prime minister to everyone. For right and left, for settlers, Haredim, Druze, Arabs, Circassians. I will be prime minister for the center and for the periphery, for students and senior citizens.

I have to deliver the results I promised because, as the first Hispanic female governor, I'm going to pave a path of some kind. I want it to be one that little Hispanic girls will want to follow.

The fact I've worked hard to play in the NBA and at the elite level, I'm just using it to promote my culture and heritage, represent my country and Canberra.

It's no secret that the UFC doesn't promote Brazilians.

What is happening within Christianity is that it doesn't know it needs to promote itself.

It's important to me to reach deep into the community and promote Latino artists.

I'm inspired to post a lot of positive messages on my social media because, growing up, I felt as though I needed somebody that looked like me in the limelight or in entertainment to promote being different and promote accepting your differences.

It's amazing how many countries run their embassies as commercial outposts to promote businessmen from their country.

In television and the movie business, the people who are promoted and the people who are mentored always look like the white guys.

By being present and being true, I believe that, in my own way, I am promoting diversity.

Anytime you give a trans person an opportunity, especially an opportunity to be ourselves, you are promoting a shift in the way society sees us.

No one should be allowed to stand for Parliament without proof that he has taken responsibility for other people.

When I came into television, the serials were all women-centric, while the men had to stand around like furniture. I wasn't willing to be a prop in serials. To my good fortune, I got serials where I was a central character.