Chunky Pandey Quotes

I don't like to be pigeonholed; I don't like when people won't see me for something because they don't think I can do it. I always feel like, at least give me the shot.

I don't think people should be judged for their background.

Race and gender definitely came up, occasionally, in my life at work. But the bigger challenge that I had was age. I took roles earlier in my career than people expected, and so a lot of what I got was, 'Do you actually know enough to do this?'

Hollywood isn't ready for an Indian leading man.

There is an assumption that if you're young and pretty, you will get all these opportunities that are way beyond your musical foundation.

Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.

This country can no longer afford to choose our leaders from a talent pool limited by sex, race, money, powerful fathers and paper degrees. It's time to take equal pride in breaking all the barriers.

That's what liberalism is all about, is promoting incompetence on the basis it's fair, because people would be the best if they weren't discriminated against.

I was too Jewish for 'Flashdance.'

I have all my life fought against prejudice, having been subjected to it myself.

I'm not sure if being Chinese really helped, but I do think that if a non-Asian had written a book called 'Crazy Rich Asians,' they might not have been looked upon so kindly.

I don't believe that the American dream should be reserved for those who are born into the elite or somehow have been given an advantage over others. My growing-up experience is probably the most important thing that guides my priorities and my work today.

Equal opportunity for all, special privilege for none.

I try to teach through my opinions, through my speeches, how wrong it is to judge people on the basis of what they look like, color of their skin, whether they're men or women.

Just drawing on my own experience, I never - I never - personally reference myself as old. I don't think of myself as old, but I certainly would not say that to a man.

All my life, I faced sexism and racism and then, when I hit 40, ageism.

What is the difference between an actress over 50 and an actress with a disability? Nothing. They both can't find work.

It's really important that we don't hang up the membership to the human community at menopause.

I think it's worth putting energy into affirmative action in terms of having diversity in positions of power because the door was shut for so long.

One of the things that I'm very proud to stand up and yell about is that we need to end gatekeeping in our society. We need to stop people from saying, 'You need to pass the test if you're going to come in here and do this.'

I believe it's wrong to say someone can't do his or her job because of their heritage.

It was a given at UCSB that if there was a role that called for a person of color, it was going to be handed to me. There were certain times when maybe I didn't try as hard. Going to Yale was a way more diverse experience.

I'm into looking at things from the other point of view. And if you look at who votes in the Oscars, mostly older Jewish guys, they're going to vote for stuff they relate to. Do they relate to NWA? I doubt it.

If you're good at what you do, it's going to quiet the people that think you're not good because of how you look or what sex you are.

We are building a country where a person's prospects are determined by their own initiative and hard work and not by the color of their skin, place of birth, gender, language, or income of their parents.