Quotes About Representation

I feel a lot of pressure when I'm writing because I know, you know, if they looked at a synopsis of the book, what they read could only confirm all the stereotypes that they have about us and about people like us.

I do think that being a BAME actor does make it difficult to avoid stereotypes.

I grew up seeing so many stereotypes on TV, and I didn't want to play that as well.

I'm big on being anti-stereotypical and fighting negative stereotypes.

As an actor, you read so many scripts and parts written for Asian-specific characters, and you see a lot of stereotypes and a lot of one-note characters, especially in comedy.

I am proud to be able to exhibit my work and inspire young people. Especially young black women so they know that they are beautiful, that they don't have to hold onto any negative stereotypes.

The way that China has been described in Western narratives makes it hard to tell a story that will escape the stereotypes and allow people to perceive it fresh.

For a while, I was feeling like I was always playing characters that weren't specifically Korean or specifically Asian, even - that they were characters who were originally written white, and then they would cast me. And I used to consider that a badge of honor because that meant I had avoided stereotypes.

When representation of the LBGT community was much more scarce in the media, I think there was some kind of pressure to encapsulate an entire community in a single character - this can often be a fast track to generalization and stereotypes.

While I am a huge proponent of us as Africans telling our own stories and countering the negative stereotypes out there since no one else will, I am also cognizant of the power that the mainstream Western media still has on shaping perceptions of the continent.

Certain stereotypes are being broken: that only people with a certain profile can be actresses or be on the cover of magazines.

People obsess about casting and representation, but really, all the real work is behind the camera. Casting an Asian American into a bad role where they're shoehorned into these stereotypes is worse than not having cast them at all.

As soon as you start looking into roles which are specifically Asian, Black, or Latina, you start looking at stereotypes. That's the issue minority actors face - it's not that we don't want to play our ethnicities; it's that, often, the role that's written for our ethnicity is a stereotype.

I think it's time we start chipping away at the stereotypes in Hollywood about the Middle East, and the Arab World, because it's one of the most beautiful regions in the world.

Every time we have a chance to mention it, we say we're from Staten Island. Because of some of the stereotypes, sometimes Staten Island gets a bad rap, and we're in a position to at least try to maybe change that perception.

TV is kind of messed up in terms of stereotypes and who plays the leading man and leading lady.

I want our generation to break stereotypes, and I want Indians who are making their foray in Hollywood to get all kinds of roles.

Someone with my name and my appearance comes with preconceived ideas attached. My mission is to erase as many preconceived ideas, barriers, and stereotypes as I can.

I am conscious of the community that I'm representing and don't play into stereotypes.

I embrace my Latina background because I know that by doing so we will continue to break down stereotypes that may exist of Latina women.

I think the stereotypes many black men are put under, even in the entertainment world, can sometimes have a dark or negative undertone.

I feel like when you call us drag queens, it stereotypes us. It puts us as labels and I feel like we are performers.

You have to look at the effects of something like 'Little Britain,' of how the stereotypes it pushes has impacted society and the way people interact with each other.

One of my passion is acting and breaking the stereotypes at the same time by choosing strong characters of what women are and can be.