Huma Qureshi Quotes

I went to prep school, Eton and Oxford. When people hear that, they think they know you, and you think: 'No, you don't.'

Because I'm from North Carolina, you think I'm the Andy Griffith show, or something?

I actually spoke to one of the heads of a studio, and he said I confuse middle America. Basically, when they see a black person, they see athlete, they see rapper, or they see criminal or something like that. And then when they hear a British accent, they hear posh, so they hear lawyer or doctor.

I do find it slightly offensive that everyone thinks that every New Zealander starred in either 'Lord of the Rings' or 'The Hobbit.'

From my situation as an African American person in the U.S., people may look at me and think a certain thing without getting to know me. I'm of Nigerian and Caribbean heritage. I went to Yale. What you see is not what you think you're getting.

A lot of people don't believe I was a soldier. They look at my luscious hair and wacky bow-tie collection and immediately put me down as some kind of supernatural geek.

Since I worked with Prince, people assumed that I was black.

People have a preconceived notion about who I am and it's interesting. It's like picking who you want to win for the Oscars and not seeing the movie.

No one can believe I might have a brain. Because I'm really tall, I'm really blonde, I have big muscles, and kill people for a living. There you go. If anybody's going to be assumed to be stupid, it's me. I don't know what my IQ score is, but I did study for five years at college. And I'm proud of my chemical engineering degree. I haven't done anything with it, but it's a card up your sleeve for later in life. It's nice to have, just in case.

Assume nothing. Inside every dumb blond there may be a very smart brunette.

You're Mexican until you make money and then you're Spanish.

I'm from L.A., but everyone thinks that I'm British.

Everybody always thinks I'm a lesbian because I'm a very tough broad. I have a lot of lesbian fans.

The mystified idea I had of Israel - the demonization of Israel - it just wasn't true.

I'd like to talk in my own accent, but then there's that thing about getting typecast as, 'The British guy.' The role that makes you, that's normally what you're cast as forever more. Like, if I did a huge film with my British accent, that would be that.

I'm not afraid of stereotypes. There are some truths to it - but the problem is that people keep sort of owning that one thing to be the truth.

People look at me and they don't see what they think is a typical Aboriginal.

Sometimes stereotyping happens not because of any nefarious reasons but rather because people don't know who you are or where you come from, so they go for the broad strokes about you, your culture, your faith, all that.

As soon as I would say I'm from Boston, people would just say, 'Naaaah!'

When people meet me, many times they're very surprised because they expect someone who is kind of wacky with seven piercings and very hip and cool and New York City, and I'm not.

Just because you wear a bow tie doesn't mean you're a nerd.

It's funny: people who meet me say, 'I thought you'd be different.' But I'm still the same guy.

I did 'Mad Men' and I still have people come up to me like, 'Are you actually a lesbian?' Really? Just because I play one on TV? People will think what they're gonna think.

I've often gone to start a film only to find the producers surprised to discover that I'm American.

People look at me, and I dress a little unusually and they think, 'Oh you must be from California.' Of course, people in California think, 'Oh you must be from from Mars,' so, you know, your next-door neighbour is not necessarily the person that you are going to make a connection with.