Quotes About Representation

I keep trying to imagine a universe in which too many public figures declaring themselves feminists would be a bad thing.

It's about being a voice in the community. There's so many ways to be a voice, and that's what I'm figuring out.

How often, really, do you get a Filipino story line in a show? Not very often. I can't think of any.

I am ambitious, and I'm excited for my career to grow, and I do want to represent the Asian community and the Filipino community.

You rarely see a Filipino family on TV.

Women in Film and Television is such an important body.

Although I'm aware of how under-represented we are, I sometimes forget how desperately Arabs who aren't in the film business wish for better stories about us.

It is important for the film industry to rise above ageism.

I'm not finding fault or blaming the industry, but the heroes have always dominated the film industry.

When the women in any other film industry are almost equal to men, in Malayalam only one or two women are among the crew.

When you're told that as a filmmaker of colour, the stories you want to tell aren't commercial enough, then you start thinking, 'I'm going to tell them anyway.'

Do I feel that white directors have to tell only white stories? No. Do I feel that black filmmakers should only tell stories about black people? No. If we say that, then that means Asian people cannot write about anybody but Asians. I don't think a woman should only write about women.

I think a lot of black filmmakers have done very well.

All too often, white documentary filmmakers are the ones telling the stories of people of color.

Black filmmakers - I'm grateful for them.

We don't have a lot of class-conscious filmmaking.

I don't think films about elderly people have been made very much.

It seems to be a big thing to people that a Scottish player is going to play in the Champions League final, but hopefully that will become a more regular thing.

It's funny because when I got 'Jarhead' and 'Avatar' and all those movies, 'Leprechaun' still to this day airs on BET. I was thinking, 'Will they just let it go? I finally have a body of work that can speak much better to what I can do than just Leprechaun.'

I believe I am standing firm as a black woman in this industry in a time that it is hard as an artist period.

I'm such a firm believer that everyone should see themselves in a character, and everyone should feel represented.

Well, first of all, I think that Russia has to have free democratic elections, that means everyone who wants to take part in it should be admitted.

I hadn't seen any people like me on TV before, and I definitely didn't want to be the first one. I didn't want that responsibility on my head.

I am really proud to be a part in whatever way of women becoming active in the political scene. I think it was the first time that people came to terms with the reality of what it meant to have a Senate made up of 98 men and two women.