Stereotyping Quotes

(On Hollywood stereotyping) You`re the blonde. Or the cheerleader. Or the girlfriend. It would have been really easy to fall back on the blonde and the bra size and just do that for the rest of my career.

If people are going to complain about stereotyping, it`s as likely to be Italian-Americans as gay people.

(on racial stereotyping) My father is Mexican and very dark; my mother is very fair. I used to always get (script) breakdowns for things like Maria, the janitor`s daughter who hangs around with white kids. I was born in the United States. I never thought about it until the industry made me think about being a Latin girl. It seemed like such a bizarre thing.

The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, `It`s a girl.`

We have to be very careful about stereotyping. This doesn`t mean that these youngsters`

I really don`t think shows such as `The Dukes,` `Green Acres` and others like that do any harm, ... I don`t see them as a big problem as far as stereotyping goes. For the most part, they`re just funny.

The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: It`s a girl.