Asia Kate Dillon Quotes

A great byproduct of a TV show, movie, or play is when it can act as a catalyst for someone.

I strongly believe that literature can do something that nothing else can do, and that is embody the human spirit.

I don't care to be famous. But at the same time, you look at all the role models these little girls have, and they don't have anyone to look up to. I mean, it's weird, but if I just hid out and didn't let myself be known, who would they look up to instead, you know?

Music bears a great responsibility because it is so influential. Everybody listens to music. It is a very influential tool. To me, it is very important to the world... music is... to being... to life.

It is stories - both real and fictional - that can captivate hearts, change minds and, in the most powerful examples, spur action.

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 just want to tell stories that are meaningful and have inspiration to them; people can watch it and take away something, or maybe they'll just think about themselves differently or think about the world differently. I just want to create characters that live on.

I'll be the first to thank RuPaul, who gave me the money and let me out into the world. RuPaul is an excellent role model. I'm talking about someone who has worked hard in the business for quite some time. RuPaul put gay men in wigs into people's living rooms. RuPaul is the reason that we're not threatening.

We think we can play a small part in the evolution of culture.

I'm getting to use my platform as the Bachelorette - on my season - to really make change through my experience.

Instead of going to a GLAAD event and standing on a soapbox, I am writing roles that I feel will change the narrative and open doors.

I feel like I influence more than just rap.

When I decided to be a musician I was hoping that it would be one of my contributions in having a positive impact on the world. That's always what I wanted to do.

I feel like my job is to make impact, spread love, tell great stories, inspire people, that's what I am going to do.

It is very touching that you are able to create some kind of impact through a character.

I think we're at a really critical time in terms of art, and I think it's totally possible to have a project that is entertaining but also moving the cultural needle forward. I think it's one of the reasons I'm so grateful to work on 'Billions.'

It's so easy to call something a Jewish story or a gay story or a woman's story. Aesthetically, if a story is not universal, it has failed. Your obligation is to the story. One rule creatively, and emotionally, is its universality.

We talk sometimes about the impact we hope we're having, that little girls - and boys - at home are watching us on TV. We can be role models.

Nothing really changes: the individual's ability to project his message or throw his weight around remains minuscule.

I know that it's my queer perspective that's helping people make songs that the world is listening to.

With a movie, you have the power of putting out an idea about the world and for people to take it seriously.

When I make music, I always try to do more than make a song that makes people dance and have fun. I try to send a message or give a reason for people to discuss it further.

It's been amazing to touch people's lives.

Filmmaking is essentially about entertainment, but it's amazing to realize that it has this other muscle that could actually help. Do you know what I mean? People permit entertainment to wash over them, but every once and a while, entertainment - and this is entertaining - also galvanizes something else and that would be a really good thing to have happen in this case.

How [stories] are told, who tells them, when they’re told, how many stories are told — are really dependent on power.