Quotes About Representation

MPs put ourselves at the behest of the British people, certainly, but we are not infallible or devoid of sensitivity.

I don't see female characters as different or inferior to male characters.

You know what? As a black person, you see so much racism. Films are no different than the government, politics - it's everywhere. It's not exclusively film. It's infuriating to see it in film. But my being in film changes things.

The first initial feeling, at least for me, was to go out and play well and hopefully win and have the Asian community be even more proud.

Initially it was very male dominated and there were hardly any women director but now women have entered everywhere and they are making their mark. I think its more to do with talent than differentiating on gender.

We don't need a lot of initiatives for women in film; what we need is money.

I'm always wanting and willing to be a voice for my people, a voice for the injustice.

Who doesn't know the easy, breezy, beautiful Covergirl line? I'm so excited to be the face of the brand in Australia and help all girls find and rock their inner Covergirl!

I love this sport, and I want people to have the opportunities that I have. I want the kid in the inner city to know that she can be a bobsledder one day, and I want the kid in the middle of Africa to know that she can be a bobsledder one day. So the more that we can go out there and grow the sport, the better.

I represented a man on death row whose lawyers had spent all of eight hours looking into his claim of innocence. I met men whose lawyers had never looked into their backgrounds.

It's insane how many fans I have from the LGBTQ+ community. I would say the majority of my fanbase are young, gay women.

Everyone is insecure. I think, really, it comes from, like, a desire to want to be in control of how you're represented.

You turn 'Insecure' on, and you see a sea of brown. You see at the core of it a strong friendship between two brown-skinned girls.

All Americans deserve to see, speak to, and hear from our candidates. No county is insignificant, no community too small, and each person's vote is important.

When I got my law degree and my license to practice here in the District of Columbia, I represented several immigrants who had entered without inspection.

I would love to do really great work and for women who are marginalised to see me as an inspiration.

I hope I can get to more and more of the Chinese audience and kind of lead the way to maybe, y'know, inspire seems like a big word, but y'know... inspire to get people into entertainment because I think we can be just as good as anybody else.

I'd like to inspire Black girls to think: 'If she can do it, I can.'

Whatever character I play, I want to inspire. I don't want to just be the girlfriend or be the wife.

I always found growing up that, even inspiring female characters or complex female characters in TV and film... I often found that their complexity was actually just another facet of their sexuality.

I don't do my own Instagram.

Whether you're a woman, a transwoman, a person of color, I feel like Instagram is really important for the creation and framing of the self.

Hollywood hasn't changed. It is the most racist, anti-Indian institution in the world.

If you're looking at the people who head the institutions, there are very few African Americans or people of colour. I'm talking about the major theatres that position themselves as serving all audiences. What you find is, by and large, people who are shaping what we see, and the people who are the tastemakers are white.