Quotes About Representation

I don't understand why people still behave as though making movies with female protagonists is risky, given that - hello - we do make up over 50 percent of the population, and we go to movies.

There aren't many children's books about black characters that are just going on adventures. My library has over 2,000 children's books in it, and most of the protagonists are either white or creatures.

Audience doesn't necessarily come only to see a hero with six-pack abs. They will watch him, but if someone who doesn't have that physique and is playing the protagonist, they'll watch that too.

I would love for models to be protected by a guild.

The right to vote is the right upon which all of our rights are leveraged - and without which none can be protected.

The Attorney General of the United States is, of course, not the president's lawyer. The AG is supposed to be the attorney for the United States, protecting the rule of law.

Your best protection is to have an established agent make the contact.

Our constitution got built around the idea of minority protection.

A lot of people get Chicago wrong. I've developed this protective feeling about how we're portrayed, and at the same time, I'm acutely aware of the issues we face and the root causes of these issues.

People wanted to protest, and Ukip's a conduit for that.

I'm proud of my background, so I hope there will be more roles where Hispanics are being portrayed.

As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change.

I'm proud, privileged, and overwhelmed by how many times I've played for England.

I am a bisexual Cuban-American woman, and I am so proud of it.

I am proud that a majority of my law clerks have been women.

I have a chip on my shoulder I pet every morning, a constant feeling like I have something to prove. Hearing that the canon can't be diversified, there's no room for more brown faces - that fueled my fire.

The Golden Girls certainly proved that there was a large audience for a show about older women.

I think we've broken a lot of barriers and kind of shattered our glass ceiling that was there for women. There are so many great fighters, and we've proved a lot of people wrong. A lot of the times, our fights are the best fights on the card.

Disney has proved without a shadow of a doubt that movies with a female lead work.

Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Helena Christensen and Claudia Schiffer really proved to me that curves and fashion can work in beautiful harmony.

All the excuses that people in power used to make for not telling diverse stories or including diverse people, they've proven to be false.

Audiences want great story telling; it's why white people watch my show 'Black in America.' It's why black people watch 'Latina in America.' All of that is statistically shown and proven but it was because it was good story telling about people who were outsiders.

I've proven that Filipino weightlifters can win a medal in the Olympics.

I am truly humbled. Not only that I am going to be known as the final Top Model but as a final Top Model who is deaf! And that is an amazing tagline. This proves that deaf people can do anything and everything.