Quotes About Representation

If you think about how many headlining female comics are out there, you could say 15, maybe 20?

You do not need 435 people playing commander-in-chief.

'Get Out' definitely brought it to the mainstream, but you can look back at the original 'Night of the Living Dead' and that's definitely a commentary on racism.

I remain committed to telling the stories of women of the African diaspora, particularly those stories that don't often find their way into the mainstream media.

I'm proud to serve on the Senate Agriculture Committee.

I always want to represent the common man.

Congress is a party whose both hands are with the common people.

Through style, you can communicate to the world who you are and what you stand for.

Being the only African American at this level in American Ballet Theater, I feel like people are looking at me, and it's my responsibility for me to do whatever I can to provide these opportunities in communities to be able to educate them.

If you think how many female comics there are compared to how many male comics there are, I think there are quite a few female comics on the TV.

What should be driving the conversation is: What's the story? What's the movie about? Is it a compelling story? And if it is, then you make it regardless of the color of the people behind or in front of the camera.

I do believe, as a person of color, the disparities are great. A lot of the roles that were sent to me were 'Gangbanger No. 1.' And when a role did come up that I felt carried and represented my community in the best ways, I wasn't the only one that knew it existed. So I'd have to compete.

It's cool because here everybody has the same goal. We're all competing for our countries. We're all coming down here to do our best. And we all are the best athletes in our own countries.

The acting world is tough. It's competitive - and even more so for women - but actually, for black female actresses, the issue isn't really that it's competitive: it's that there just aren't enough roles for them in film and TV.

You can't complain or have a say if you don't vote.

I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women.

I hope people who read my books feel empathy for us and really see us as complicated people.

I would like to do more millennial, Latina, complicated stories.

I think it's a huge compliment from the younger guys understanding what I did for the game and wanting to represent me by wearing my shoes.

It's hard in America as a writer of color, an actor of color, not to get caught up in race and culture. But you're also supposed to be able to write characters and scenes in a way where it's just a matter of fact, a component.

I am what this country dreams of achieving: a perfect example of composite India.

I think one thing that's always a concern to me is you see a role, and you're not seeing the character; you're seeing so-and-so do it. Then I'm taken out of the story considerably, personally.

There are sometimes concerns about being respectful with a gay character, and you either end up with a tiptoeing quality or an all-out cliche.

When it comes to my industry, I will always be there to voice our concerns.