Quotes About Representation

TV industry pays us as much as the leading guy or probably more. All our shows are women-oriented, and all the TV actresses are getting paid well. There is absolutely no discrimination over here.

I don't think it pays to just be an artist, particularly for kids of color - there will be fewer roles.

I want to be the kind of elected official who not only pays attention but who acts on behalf of people - just average people. Fancy lobbyists get to tell their story, but the average person doesn't.

I should become a peach brand ambassador.

On American TV, there just aren't a lot of female leads in comedy, especially at the peak of all the Judd Apatow stuff.

I usually get approached by older white ladies of a certain class, with their pearls and, you know, their Talbots on and everything, and they're like, 'We just have to say, we know we're not your demographic, but we love Paper Boi; we really love this show, and we love what you're doing.' It's totally cool.

I actually have a peculiar feminism that does not involve the idea that women shouldn't be sexy. Female characters written in comics have always been pretty damned sexy, and used their sexuality. And I don't have any problem with that.

People want to dethrone you from the pedestal that you're on when you have a platform, when you have a voice.

I am admiring of my fellow peers, black filmmakers and black actors and actresses.

It's great to go to work and your boss is a black man, one of your peers, you know?

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I'm a Western Pennsylvania Democrat.

How can people change their minds about us if they don't know who we are?

I try not to put anything political on the forefront of what I'm trying to do creatively. At the same time, I do think it's wonderful when I hear people say that it's inspirational that I'm an Indian woman on camera. My life is very diverse, and my friends are a diverse group of people.

People say they make movies to show what 'really happens.' But they only show what they choose to show.

No matter what happens, we couldn't let people say Asian-American actors can't act.

It's upsetting that it is such a big deal. I wish it weren't an issue all the time. It's funny that people say it's a departure, because I've been acting since I was a child. I've played three gay roles out of hundreds.

When people say to me, 'Why are you so good at writing at women?' I say, 'Why isn't everybody?'

I want to develop women-oriented films because, in most of the films, 70 per cent of the focus is on heroes and the rest on the heroine.

I've always had an interest in complicating the way that we perceive the black character, whether it's the black academic or scholar or activist or black intellectual.

If people perceive 'Roots' to be a black history show, nobody is going to watch it.

The Pakistani woman's image internationally is perceived to be regressive, which is not true.

The ability of the president to be perceived as someone with whom all Israelis can identify depends on his ability to avoid being a party to debate.

My job as an artist is to speak up for those who might be perceived as the losers. Or those who can't shout. No wonder public-school people always get into politics or acting: they're taught to shout that much more loudly.