Quotes About Representation

As a woman, a lot of stories haven't been told and we've got a lot of catching up to do.

A lot of things that I can't get into the room for, even just to be seen, is because they're just saying 'No. they're not casting non-white.' You're lumped into a category with people who are just not white.

I don't only cater a film to the male audience but also the female audience.

As a matter of fact they'd blacken us down. I guess there's a reason that according to what the Caucasian wanted us to look like. He wanted us to look-if we were Black, then he had his idea of what we look like.

It takes time for brown people and people of different ethnicities to get into the Hollywood world, which is predominantly Caucasian and African American.

I was shocked that I even got the opportunity to audition for 'A Wrinkle in Time.' Meg Murry is a Caucasian girl in the book.

One thing that I can say is that I think it's important that there's some sort of celebration of beautiful women that isn't just exploitive.

Quite honestly, I never thought it would be possible for Asians to make it in the States. But now I feel like it's totally changing. You see so many Asian celebrities now, and more and more of them are taking bigger roles in movies. I feel like everything has changed.

In a democracy there is a centralization of governmental power in a simple majority.

People should start appreciating films where women are at the centre.

There were no small brown kids as the centre of the children's fiction I grew up with.

As co-founder and CEO of an AI company, I am used to there not being many women in the room, especially in AI.

There are woefully few women CEOs in the world, but there can be lots of them in films.

I definitely think awards ceremonies should have gender-neutral categories.

People were taking off $5,000 gold chains to wear little $10 leather medallions that represented peace because that's what Public Enemy was about.

The chances of anyone of any race getting their own show are, like, .001 percent.

I get it - there are very few black female actresses who have been given chances.

Sure, I do feel I am an ambassador for women's football. But that hasn't changed. It's been like that since I started at eight years old. I'm still me.

When I was young, to have had somebody out there to look up to... it would have made a world of difference; it would have changed my life.

I like Marvel because characters look like me and women don't have roles that make them look too sexual.

Let's put Coloradans in charge; let's put Westerners in charge of the West.

I don't want to be an ambassador for too many charities, because it's a far stronger message to be a person with a disfigurement going about their life doing everyday things.

People think of the Charlotte Hornets, and they think of me.

You look at most of these 'best chef' lists, and there are about nine male chefs and one woman chef. The problem is still around.