Quotes About Diversity

When you're a large black man in Hollywood, the obvious stereotype is one of force and menace.

I'm American; I was born and raised in America, and I don't want to fake who I am to fit a stereotype.

Everyone is their own kind of lesbian. To think there's a certain way to dress or present yourself in the world is just one more stereotype we have to fit into.

I don't think people understand the model-minority stereotype is negative. You are boxed in. You have to untangle that to find your own path.

I always worked mostly in Quebec. I never thought of the States, somehow. I don't know - I don't have blue eyes or blond hair. I thought I didn't fit with the stereotype of America.

I try to take roles that don't fall within the parameters of any Asian stereotype.

As an American roughly the same age as Barack Obama, I will not be ridiculed or reduced to a stereotype. I want to age appropriately.

The way you speak should not determine your intelligence. I should be able to say 'lit,' and you still know I'm intelligent. I should be able to say 'turn up,' and that doesn't take away from my intelligence. I wanted to break down that stereotype a little bit.

The goal of Asians in the arts is plurality of roles. I've always been hindered by me over-thinking what is a stereotype and what isn't.

I've been fortunate that a lot of roles I've done have been professionals and not your TV stereotype of Latinos.

We make a mistake when we stereotype neighborhoods as 'bad' and not worth our attention or investment.

Every part that I do has to be different from the last part that I did so I don't become a stereotype.

This industry is quick to stereotype. People had started talking about how I was primarily being part of women-centric movies. I didn't want to be labelled as part of a mahila morcha.

I wasn't like the rest of the kids. I was an artist. Living in a black society, when you're raised around a bunch of boys who plays sports and chase girls, there's this perception of masculinity that's super hard to fit into. I wasn't the stereotype of that like a lot of my peers were.

I know that when you do similar kind of films, one after the other, people tend to stereotype and say, 'She is only good at this.'

I feel it's so rare that young females are portrayed as being anything more than a stereotype.

Humans can be cruel - kids and adults alike. That doesn't mean they have to be forced to a specific stereotype.

I really don't want to be a stereotype.

We need to overcome the stereotype that genders aren't fluid.

A stereotype is that all gay men know everything there is to know about the LGBTQ community. We don't.

I don't want to perpetuate a stereotype. I don't want to take Asian representation backwards two steps. I don't want to be part of the problem.

One stereotype I get a lot as an Asian actress is that you're playing the model minority - that Asians are the best, that they're perfect and positively moral all the time.

We have to stop this stereotype that for girls it's about being in pink and horse riding. We need to teach kids to think outside the box, to dare girls to be different.

The future of British politics is not the pale, male and stale stereotype of tradition. Things are changing for the better.