Quotes About Media

Even the 'Negro' shows like 'Amos and Andy' and 'Beulah' are written largely by white writers - the better to preserve the stereotypes, I imagine.

I feel I'm really glad I don't look like the celebrities out there who are beautiful, because there are a lot of stereotypes attached to that.

For the same reason we have the Brad Pitts and the George Clooneys, it's just part of human nature to idolize stereotypes.

I use every opportunity, whether on my radio show or on television, to break stereotypes.

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

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.

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

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.

For some reason, being gay can be such a sad thing in media, so it's really cool to see someone like me who doesn't look like, I guess, the stereotypical gay guy.

Usually, nerds on TV are completely stereotypical, like Urkel, or they're not really so nerdy.

There were so few examples of Asian or Asian-American lead characters on American TV or even in the movies. And the ones that have existed for so long were either stereotypical or offensive in some way, or just not reflective of the lives of people in the community.

Young people are often portrayed in a very negative and stereotypical manner.

I listen a lot to Howard Stern. Not the show, the interviews. He has a separate podcast of just interviews. They're fantastic.

I love the mall, and I love Howard Stern and Oprah.

Going on 'Howard Stern' was embarrassing.

I could never do a show, or be a personality like Howard Stern, where you take all that heat from critics. What he does, he does, but the critical heat would crucify me.

Guys like Howard Stern, Bill O'Reilly, Jim Rome, Bill Maher, those are the guys I love and respect as broadcasters.

The truth of the matter is, when you're on 'Howard Stern,' you feel like you're in his living room talking to him, you don't feel like you're having an interview.

It used to be that in media, Johnny Carson used to be the most important person when he would invite you over to sit on the couch after your comedy skit. Now it's whatever Howard Stern says goes.

The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as 'steroids.'

I think Steve Bannon is much to-do about nothing. I think this is a guy who wants to create his own myth.

As anyone who has read 'Sports Illustrated's Steve Rushin knows, it's quite possible to write an unreadable column without being a TV pundit. But if you want to be a consistently good columnist, you can't be on television.

The fans at home want to hear what LeBron or Kevin Durant or Steve Kerr has to say.