Quotes About Representation

I think the artists are really the face of the music they make. It's no longer the genre that dictates it.

The sci-fi genre just happens to have a lot of really great characters for women.

Certainly in the arts, in all genres, I think that men should step away. I think men should stop writing books. I think men should stop making movies or television. Say, for 50 to 100 years.

I think festivals have a responsibility to show different genres of music to people.

If Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman.

I have always believed that genuine democracy is fairness.

I love basketball. I love football. And to me, I think that's a dimension that you don't see with a lot of female leads, especially. I have a genuine love for it, and I always thought it was very interesting to show that side of me.

As an MP, I could hardly meet my constituents' genuine needs as the funds at an MP's disposal are meagre.

In a genuinely conservative district like mine, it's hard to out-Republican me.

How can German music not be represented by an article?

I feel German, that's for sure. I grew up in Germany, I went to school in Germany and most of my friends are there. I play for Germany.

We don't want to create a literary ghetto in which black writers are only allowed to write black characters and women writers are put on 'girl books.'

I've always been drawn to love stories. Growing up, I would devour films like 'Moonstruck,' 'Ghost,' 'Love and Basketball,' and 'Love, Jones,' replacing the lovers in my imagination with two men.

It's great to have female characters that have depth that you can explore instead of being the decoration or the girlfriend or the wife.

I was maybe one of two black kids in the drama department. It was, 'Well, you can't play this role because that guy has a white girlfriend or a white cousin or whatever.'

Far too often, I read a script where the girls are the girlfriend or the set dressing.

I was always looking for the female characters in sci-fi and fantasy who were more than just the girlfriend.

I've had girls say that because of watching me, they're playing sports. And it wasn't just basketball all the time. I definitely feel like I'm helping the girls get out there and want to play. Especially with my style - it's not always 'girly.' I'm showing they can go out there and hang with the boys.

I think most actors go into the business thinking, 'I can play everything. Why can't I play a black woman? Just give me a chance.' Then you grow up and realize it's probably better that they cast an actual black woman.

I believe black characters in fiction are still revolutionary, given our long history of erasure.

I am glad that people have become more accepting of female characters.

I have always believed that more stories of women in leadership roles need to be told and I am glad I could be a part of one such story.

I'm really glad I got to represent my country and make my people proud.

The Huxtables laughed and bonded and debated and lip-synced. They were glamorous and simple and extraordinarily human. And affluent. And educated. And so many different kinds of black. You'd think that all of that would make them the Howard University of African-American family life. But white people wanted to matriculate, too.