Bria Vinaite Quotes

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.

I'm pleased to be a part of a 'new breed' of models who perhaps don't exactly fit the status quo.

I just want different narratives for people of color, especially women of color. I just want something that's different. I don't want us to be put in a box. I want it to be kind of a redefinition of who were are. If I can even achieve that in a tiny way, I'll be good. I'll be good.

Filmmakers have role for everyone today. There are no stereotypical roles.

Everyone is different: different shapes, sizes, colors, beliefs, personalities, and you have to celebrate those differences.

We all come in different shapes and sizes, and that's fine by me.

All the freaky people make the beauty of the world.

I think it's sad that there seems to be one definition of beauty in Hollywood/New York. It's such a cliche, but I think it's true that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes.

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

I'm not a conventional leading man at all and have no wish to be.

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.

The world I live in is not all white people, not all straight people, and it's not all people who have their acts together, either.

I think it's important that there is a change, especially in fashion. I'm pleased to be part of a 'new breed' of models who perhaps don't exactly fit the status quo.

All my life I've been looking for diversity.

I hope that I can get people to read it without having to change it. Especially now that the strip has more different kinds of characters. It's really not all lesbians any more.

You know, you don't have to look like everybody else to be acceptable and to feel acceptable.

Being in L.A. is great because there are so many weird people out there, so you can just blend in. I like that.

Nobody is the same. If we were all the same it would be bloody boring.

In the mid-nineties, diversity in the fashion/beauty business was hard to come by.

In comics, we're all weird together. I can go to a comics convention and not stand out, even though I'm the only woman in a headscarf there, because the guy next to me has a beard and a Sailor Moon costume.

Different is not wrong.

Different is good. Different is great!

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.

Our diversity is our strength. What a dull and pointless life it would be if everyone was the same.

People are getting tired of the same material; they want to see black girls as leads in movies. And I happen to be lucky enough to understand that - and be able to grab that opportunity and run with it.