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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? — Antonio Munoz Molina

I always find the idea of Britishness a bit of a boring old concept, to be honest. That world of Britishness always comes off a bit twee and only about cream teas and that sort of things. — Giles Deacon

As soon as you start looking into roles which are specifically Asian, Black, or Latina, you start looking at stereotypes. That's the issue minority actors face - it's not that we don't want to play our ethnicities; it's that, often, the role that's written for our ethnicity is a stereotype. — Jessica Henwick

Whenever I tell people I'm from Miami, they always ask me about the beach. But I can count on one hand the times I went there as a kid. — Barry Jenkins

Americans think African writers will write about the exotic, about wildlife, poverty, maybe AIDS. They come to Africa and African books with certain expectations. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I think people always thought I was more of a Guido than I am. — Michael Imperioli

If you've attended the Cordon Bleu, you would know that no woman is supposed to be a chef - only men. — Sandra Lee

As an actor, you read so many scripts and parts written for Asian-specific characters, and you see a lot of stereotypes and a lot of one-note characters, especially in comedy. — Randall Park

If your neighbors think you're a detective because a cop always brings you home, you might be a redneck. — Jeff Foxworthy

Balls are to men what purses are to women. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls would never dream of doing - like showering. — Yakov Smirnoff

TRUE Hebrew Israelites DO NOT hate white people. TRUE Hebrew Israelites DO NOT have more than one wife. TRUE Hebrew Israelites DO NOT smoke marijuana or do any other types of drugs. TRUE Hebrew Israelites DO NOT have to stand on corners intimidating people into believing the way. — Alex Hartley Jr.

There's a few things you need to get straight about being gay... That's an oxymoron. You'll be an oxymoron if you don't listen. GAY men SUCK and FUCK. They don't go around falling in love. At least not with every Tom, Dick and Harry. — Giorge Leedy Uninhibited From...

She ignored my observation. This generally happens with me. Show me a woman, I sometimes say, and I will show you someone who is going to ignore my observations. — P. G. Wodehouse

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