Quotes About Representation

I went to school in the 70s and the 80s, and the last thing I expected of my schools back then was that they would be the places in which I would be taught about black history.

Black History in 2019 and beyond is all about inclusivity.

Black music is too big and too powerful not to have its own awards show.

So often, blackness is seen in a negative light.

We knew then what we know now; only exemplary blacks are acceptable.

I feel there should be blacks in every Party.

We can put fear of the future in front of us to block us, or behind us to drive us forward. I feel like telling all the people who look like me to start trying to write. You don't know it's possible because it's not often in front of you.

Everybody from our block got PnB in front of their name.

I was so glad that I was able to use my skills of speaking Chinese in a film where the character is Chinese, because sometimes you actually don't get to do that. Especially in Hollywood blockbusters today because they want everyone around the world to understand what is happening, so they usually want you to speak English.

I follow a lot of the plus-sized bloggers.

I don't believe in quotas for quotas sake, but I think companies without any women on their boards should write to their shareholders and explain why - explain how many women they've interviewed, why they haven't taken anybody on.

I'm so aware how often women's bodies are objectified on film.

I'd personally like to see more 'real bodies' in magazines.

Women's bodies have become a real battleground for politics.

We need to see real women's bodies.

I love the body language of the women cricketers and the attitude with which they carry themselves.

I look for roles where I can do justice, show people a side of Bollywood they haven't seen before.

Do people think women from Bollywood aren't smart?

In Bollywood, everything is very one dimensional. This is a girl: she laughs a lot, is forever happy, chirpy, and that's all she is doing throughout the film. That's not how we are.

There are very few roles you actually get to perform for women. There aren't many woman-oriented films made in Bollywood.

I'm tired of telling people what Bollywood is.

Someone asked if I wanted to be the first female Bond, and I was saying that I don't think we necessarily need that whole conversation.

First black Bond - that's my aim! That's the one!

A woman is never going to get to be Bond or Doctor Who. That will never happen.