Quotes About Representation

It's not about just a vote, it's about being a voice. There's a difference between being a person who just pushes the button and someone who is actually going to be a voice for the conservative movement.

Because I've worked with Netflix from the beginning, and that's my first job, I only want to work with creators, producers, and networks that are pushing the limit and putting people on the screen that haven't had their stories told yet.

We just want to be sure that what we're creating is pushing the ball forward for women and diversity in media.

I'm pushing back against the white, misogynistic, heterosexual establishment in the music industry. Like, literally, in all its forms.

My favorite models are always going to be the people who are pushing the boundary and challenging what it is to be a model.

Korra and Aang ultimately stand for freedom, equality, and basic human rights, and I think Mike and I are fine with pushing that agenda.

How many times will we allow Justin Trudeau to get away with pushing strong, competent capable women out of politics when they are seeking to serve?

What Jennifer Lopez puts out, it's not Latin music.

I was lucky to work with Gamechanger Films, who are a consortium of investors financing films directed by women. This is a company that puts their money where their mouth is.

There are so many male antiheroes but not nearly as many female antiheroes.There's a lot of pressure on female characters to be likable. That puts a lot of pressure on women to be likable.

I certainly believe in a type of Rooney Rule - in legislation that doesn't give black and ethnic individuals a job but, at least, puts them in the frame.

At the Olympics, you there to do a job. I feel you should take it seriously. You should be respectful. You are putting on the red-white-and-blue and going out there to perform for your country.

If you're an evil company who's casting minorities to be in your commercial to get the politically correct card, it's like putting a band-aid over a bigger problem. But I think it's an incredible start.

I feel that to a great extent, the industry is fixated with fair skin, and that needs to change.

As an Olympian, I wear that flag and I've gone all over the world. I've represented the United States, so I have a deep pride for our flag.

The Royal family to me are not England, and they are not the flag.

I am not the flag: not at all. I am but its shadow.

Kohli is a flag bearer of Indian cricket.

I represent Brazil with the flag and the belt.

Our politics is about people not flags.

You should not be flat playing for your country.

Balthazar Balsan is not a self-portrait. If he was, I'd have made the character more flattering.

It's hard to find female leads that are flawed and interesting and dynamic.

I'll never get bored of seeing flawed women on the screen.