We must reject not only the stereotypes that others have of us but also those that we have of ourselves.
The enemy of the modern woman is not women who like fashion or are writing about it. The enemy is stereotypes that come from all places and that tell you to be one way or the other. The enemy is really real sexist people, like Todd Akin, and people who are violent against women physically or sexually.
We shouldn't judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
My goal is to send a message to Muslim women and young women everywhere that it's okay to break stereotypes and be yourself.
What I will not do is continue to perpetuate stereotypes. I'm the daughter of a maid; why do I have to also play a maid? My mom was a maid so I didn't have to be a maid.
All stereotypes turn out to be true. This is a horrifying thing about life. All those things you fought against as a youth: you begin to realize they're stereotypes because they're true.
I just wanted to kind of break down those gender stereotypes and just say everyone's equal, everyone's their own person, everyone's their own individual.
We fight the stereotypes, but in fighting them, we show them. There are stereotypes for a reason.
I love directors who aren't going back to the stereotypes, who are helping write and create roles for women that are not in the typical Hollywood box. I'm very, very interested in films that are going outside of stereotypical roles for women.
I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.
In 2013, I started playing Fara Sherazi on 'Homeland.' I love playing her, not just because she's a strong woman, but because for the first time, a Muslim woman is being portrayed on television as a regular person, rather than a cliche or collection of stereotypes.
The roles for South Asians may have increased by a decent number but there has been a negligible change in the quality of these roles. We still have to fight stereotypes. Fortunately, I've had the priviledge of working with people who look beyond the color of your skin.
The ideal is a world in which every woman and girl can create the kind of life she wishes to lead, unconstrained by harmful norms and stereotypes.
It's almost a rite of passage for the middle-aged, it seems, to invent generational stereotypes for dumping on the young.
I encourage students to pursue an idea far enough so they can see what the cliches and stereotypes are. Only then do they begin to hit pay dirt.
There are so many stereotypes of how you have to be as a black man, growing up in the community as a man.
Despite the gender stereotypes in the '80s, my race-car-driving dad taught me that I could do whatever my brother could.
I don't believe in stereotypes. Most of the time, stereotypes are just that.
I think if you give in and accept society's stereotypes, then you start thinking, 'I cannot dance till late at night because I'm 70.'
I love a challenge. And I love defying limitation, gender stereotypes, and people's expectations of me as an actress.
As Latinas, we tend to be overly partial considering stereotypes. I'm interested in being naughty and edgy.
Most Muslim women know it is fear and curiosity that cause people to stare. They know it is ignorance and stereotypes that cause people to suppose that a piece of material covering the hair strips a woman of the ability to speak English, pursue a career, work a remote control.
I guess I blow all the stereotypes right out of the water.
I dug up some old John Buscema 'Conan' comics. Man, when Alfredo Alcala was inking, that was some of the most beautiful black and white comic art ever published. The stories are good, too, though early '70s comics based on Conan is a festival of sexist, racist stereotypes.
If, as a Spaniard, I am so often offended by the stereotypes that abound regarding my country, how can I accept and repeat the ones that fall even more heavily upon Israel?
