Quotes About Representation

It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly.

I wore U.S.A. across my chest in 1976.

For anyone to question our fight or desire I think is wrong. They should know how much it means to play for England - how much to wear the Three Lions on your chest.

Being able to win gold would be huge because you're playing for so much more than your team, your organization, or your city. You're playing for your country, and to be able to represent Team U.S.A. across your chest and go up there and compete, it's the highest honor.

It's just an honor to wear the U.S.A. across your chest.

We have to get women's stories out there so a guy will read it, laugh, and think, 'I'm not laughing at a chick story but a story.'

I don't think I make 'Chick Flicks.'

I've built a career in Asia for 18 years, playing roles that had nothing to do with my race because everybody's Chinese in the films.

When people ask me why I am running as a woman, I always answer, 'What choice do I have?'

It's about time that a woman my age or above, if she chooses to go into her 60s as an announcer, she should be allowed to do just that.

As much as it's really important, obviously, as a woman in the industry to be choosing the stories which represent women, you also have to keep an eye on the male side.

I am very choosy about making event appearances and endorsing brands because, as actors, we have to be very responsible.

As is the case with politicians, actors are chosen by people.

Many times, that's how people see Christian art or Christians making art: They see the art as having an agenda.

Chuck Schumer is the face of the ruling class.

I have always been appalled by the depiction of female CIA operatives.

I will always be the first Latina Cinderella, so I always have that to take with me, and I'm very proud of that. I believe that it was a life-changing experience for me.

Everything encourages you not to tell stories of gay lives. There is no economy yet for that kind of cinema.

What I've learned as we've gotten bigger is that it's really, really important for us to take all the opportunities to tell our story, because as we grow and have a bigger impact on cities, if we don't tell our story, somebody else will.

I think we should all be proud that we are living in a country where we can question those we put in power because, at the end of the day, they work for every citizen.

I'm just an American citizen like everyone else and I'm not sitting at the power table in the room where it all happens.

For me, hip-hop has always been black superhero music.

For me, playing a chubby or fat superhero was so special because I would go and watch these movies with my friends and would never see anyone like me. I am excited to be that for other kids who look like me.

Black writers seldom get the opportunity to write superhero stories.