Quotes About Representation

I kind of understood inherently - and I wasn't really conflicted about this - that comics were not for me or by people who looked like me. That was just something that I accepted about the world.

There's something to be said about seeing your face represented. There's just something really important about that. It just draws you in more.

There's a lot of Donald Glovers, Jordan Peeles, Justin Simiens. And there's a lot of me's, too.

Kanye West does not represent all black people.

Kate O'Hare is a former SEAL and is currently in the FBI - we know that there are no women in the SEALs, but we think there should be.

Diane Keaton is good for women in and of herself. She's smart and funny and real.

I am very keen to do a film that's female-led.

I believe I can do it, but one of the reasons I don't really get into the debate is people keep talking about a black James Bond: how a black man should play him.

Kenny King, his character on TV is him.

Growing up I wasn't aware of a single gay person in our town. The only people who were gay that you had any idea of were Kenny Everett and people like him on TV. I thought, that's not what I am.

If you think about 'Person of Interest' with Taraji P. Henson or 'Scandal' with Kerry Washington - any of those black women could have been any race; they just happen to be black. And those are the characters that I'm more attracted to. It's not so much about separation of race, but really, more uniting us.

Feminism, as I see it, is not about counting women in key jobs.

The essence of democracy is that you can kick people out.

It's kinda all about image.

I'm not sure if being Chinese really helped, but I do think that if a non-Asian had written a book called 'Crazy Rich Asians,' they might not have been looked upon so kindly.

There just seems to be more acceptance now of... other kinds of British films, than the picture-postcard ones.

I think at a certain point actors need to start taking responsibility for the kinds of stories they want to tell.

I want to play Martin Luther King. That is absolutely a role and a character who is important to the landscape of the world that I really want to play.

In an election, there are no kings.

I made it quite clear that I want to be female-friendly. I don't want to be too sexualised because a woman in a kitchen is already a loaded image.

I don't connect with shows where we have women looking ultra-glamorous all the time, including in the kitchen.

Whatever their reasons, Hollywood, or the entertainment industry, is saying something about Indians. I don't see the rest of the media knocking down any doors to do that.

It's not lost on me to have the ability to be wearing custom Dior or Gucci, with my box braids or my bantu knots. It's another opportunity to show that Black girls belong in these places and that what I naturally bring as a Black girl belongs as well.

I think I'm very knowledgeable about the issues of my constituents.