“Any fiction writer who assumes that a character is typical no doubt runs the risk of stumbling into cliche and stereotype.”
“I am far more pragmatic than the stereotype of the sex permits.”
“We need to overcome the stereotype that genders aren’t fluid.”
“There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I’ve played up to that a bit in interviews.”
“I want to break that typical Asian female stereotype. There’s this standard where they’re all calm. I want to break that.”
“I’ve shattered every negative stereotype people had about me.”
“It delights me that I don’t fit the stereotype of an actress.”
“It’s not a stereotype if it’s always true.”
“I’ve always wanted to break the stereotype of being a model.”
“This stereotype that haredim don’t serve in the army and contribute is false and always was.”
“I do try and stay away from the stereotype and getting typecast.”
“There have been, in recent years, many Asian American pioneers in the public eye who’ve defied the condescendingly complimentary ‘model minority’ stereotype: actors like Lucy Liu, artists like Maya Lin, moguls like Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. They are known, often admired.”
“People are incapable of stereotyping you; you stereotype yourself because you’re the one who accepts roles that put you in this rut or in this stereotype.”
“There aren’t that many people walking about who are a total class stereotype.”
“Nobody expects a footballer to have any kind of an IQ, which is a bit of an unfair stereotype.”
“Strong is beautiful. I want to shatter that stereotype that strong isn’t beautiful, because it absolutely is.”
“When I was growing up, there was a character on TV; there was a character stereotype: it was personified by Mel on ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show.’”
“I was starting to buy into my own sort of stereotype in a way.”
“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.”
“It was an ongoing struggle to say no, I don’t want to be a part of the perpetuation of this stereotype.”
“I try to take roles that don’t fall within the parameters of any Asian stereotype.”
“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.”
“This stereotype as Marcus Mariota as a spread quarterback that just runs read options all the time, that’s ridiculous.”
“Honestly, what can really be said about ‘the Jewish people’ as a whole? Is it not a lamentable stereotype to make large generalizations about all Jews, and to presume they all share the same political commitments?”
“Every part that I do has to be different from the last part that I did so I don’t become a stereotype.”
“Canadians are nice and polite. It’s not just a stereotype.”
“You really can’t stereotype people or put them in boxes, it’s unfair.”
“I’ve just been really lucky to not be too much of a stereotype.”
“Every character when born is a stereotype.”
“I’ve been fortunate that a lot of roles I’ve done have been professionals and not your TV stereotype of Latinos.”
“I hate that femininity in a gay men is a ‘stereotype.’”
“Popular in our time, unpopular in his. So runs the stereotype of rejected genius.”
“In mainstream media, everything gets turned into a stereotype of ourselves.”
“People stereotype female rappers a whole lot.”
“Rottweilers are victims of a stereotype. They’re not that bad.”
“Although it is tempting to describe the conduct of Tinder’s senior executives as ‘frat-like,’ it was, in fact, much worse – representing the worst of the misogynist, alpha-male stereotype too often associated with technology startups.”
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