Phoebe Robinson Quotes

I think that instead of feminism being a political thing, it should be an act of creativity. It's more of a rock n' roll thing.

That's a goal of mine and the sport. To become more diverse and change the demographic, bring in a new face.

I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics.

We don't want to be our own niche. We're filmmakers like everybody. How many years in a row are we going to talk about the fact that we make films and we are women? Enough already.

I want to speak for people that may not feel like they're being spoken for at the moment. And I want to make a connection between the world around us and the charts.

I want to show another side of Middle Easterners. My hope is that I would be able to play a variety of parts, and not always be the guy with the accent.

I'm so happy that we're finally hearing the stories and voices of women who make America. We do what we see, not what we're told, so an incomplete story of this country damages everyone.

I want to put something on the screen that audiences have never seen black actors do before, roles that will widen views of who African-Americans are.

What I think is exciting is that, to a certain extent, there is a revolution happening where black women are owning their own beauty, despite the standard of beauty that in the past has not had space for it.

If I can be in a place where my image is encouraging people to see different people behind the camera, and my image and the images I make can help open up a certain world view, I think that's all a part of a larger spirit of change and progress, and I'm happy to be part of it.

I feel truly blessed to be one of the many black women who are leading ladies on television.

I'm just glad that there's some diversity in the music industry with women so people know that you can be literally anything and still be able to make it.

I'm really excited about this generation of young women that can look at a screen and see some brown people in space.

I want to produce untapped voices, find people and help them get their platform.

It's time for storytellers to tell the stories that have not had the privilege of being shown to the world, and the audience will be there.

I wanted to create a culture that allowed my children to see the world differently, if only from a strictly visual perspective: to have a child see a room where half of the people are women and minorities is so powerful. I think everyone wants for their children a world that's better than the one they came up in.

I am doing what I can to expand the tent and bring up other people and make sure we are telling different kinds of stories.

I always love where I can plug a black woman in anywhere, and when that comes up, I don't say, 'Oh that has to be a black woman.' I say, 'Why not a black woman?'

I really hope that the traditional sort of girl that people view as an actress changes. There's room for everyone, you know? All of us bring different things to the table. It's nice to show people that you don't have to be one type of personality to do this.

I think in general, and in the film industry, that idea of having only one type of girl is changing. There's more variety because it's the world we live, and we want to portray that.

You can have Asians being leading men that are sex symbols. You can have leading women powering through.

My grandmother probably never thought she would see a day where, you know, a young black woman would be seen as a leader, which is incredible.

The reason I got into filmmaking was super naive: to change the world, you know? To really make the voices that we don't get to hear heard and the images and the stories that we don't get to see seen. I would like to normalize that.

I never grew up seeing women that looked like me in magazines or on TV and didn't feel like I had a place in the world of fashion. I am honoured to be part of that change.

The parts that I get to play are not based around the European beauty standards: They're more about character, and I love that.