A stereotype may be negative or positive, but even positive stereotypes present two problems: They are cliches, and they present a human being as far more simple and uniform than any human being actually is.
I really don’t want to be a stereotype.
Yes, I’m blonde. When I started as an actor, because of the accent and my body and my personality, it was not what the stereotype of the Latina woman in Hollywood is, so they didn’t know where to put me. The blond hair wasn’t matching. The moment I put my hair dark, it was better for my work.
There are a lot of stereotypes to be broken which I think a lot of us are doing. What I do is, as soon as people try to pin me down to one kind of part, I’ll play a very different kind of role, so it explodes that stereotype.
I think it’s a stereotype that soldiers don’t talk, because my experience is that they will talk if they are met with empathy and no judgment.
I just want to continue to break barriers and to show the industry and the world that beauty is diverse, and you don’t have to be a certain stereotype to be beautiful.
It’s definitely my responsibility not to stereotype any character, but especially a gay character because of the misperceptions people still have about gays.
I often make a joke of my parents, because I come from a Nigerian background and there’s a stereotype in the Nigerian community that all of us are going to be doctors and lawyers, and that’s just how it is. But upon reflection, my parents were always really supportive of me doing music.
For us as Asian-Americans, I think the bane of our existence is one stereotype – ‘Sixteen Candles,’ the Long Duk Dong character.
Any fiction writer who assumes that a character is typical no doubt runs the risk of stumbling into cliche and stereotype.
It doesn’t bother me or Curtis being questioned about our sexuality and it probably happens more because we’re dancers. That stereotype is disappearing, but people always made ignorant, short-sighted comments when we were growing up.
I’ve been fortunate that a lot of roles I’ve done have been professionals and not your TV stereotype of Latinos.
I think it’s very easy for people to stereotype athletes, good and bad.
When I first got started in this whole world of online connecting, we were combating this antiquated stereotype of who used online dating, and we really set out to make it popular with millennials. What I find to be so fascinating now is, I’m seeing an inverse in that trend.
I look for a man who respects my womanhood and doesn’t make me feel like I have to be a stereotype. Like a housewife.
I look for a man who respects my womanhood and doesn’t make me feel like I have to be a stereotype. Like a housewife.
I know there is a stereotype that I am naive, but I know what I want, and I know what I’m doing to get there.
Here’s the thing about Jews in Hollywood. Not to stereotype, but the Jews I know here are the funniest, most self-deprecating people I know. And it’s rare to find a Jew that is actually offended by comedy about them.
