Katee Sackhoff Quotes

The next Bond ought to be a woman or, at least, a black actor.

People are so used to men playing these amazing roles that they sometimes can't even see that there is no reason it has to be a man other than it was written that way - this is true for diversity in general.

Women are being welcomed into science fiction, but it's through the back door.

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.

'Hollywood maids' are so idiotic. They grin at everything. I told Norman Lear I didn't want to play a maid because of that 'hee-hee/grin-grin' attitude, and he said, 'Who said I wanted that?' He told me he wanted two strong women that are the black and white of the same coin. I said, 'Oh, well - in that case, I'll be right there!'

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.

I don't understand why James Bond has to be a man all the time. When Pierce Brosnan retires, why not one of us?

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.

With 'Broadcast News,' it became a non-issue, and with 'The Piano,' it became a non-issue. Both parts were written for more statuesque women. It was nice to change people's minds about that, because that's neither here nor there.

Being the first female Doctor and showing children that their heroes in shows don't always look the same is a huge honour for me.

I was surprised by the attention and visibility on me as a black woman CEO. I look forward to the day when this is the norm and not the exception.

It's tough advocating for trans visibility and not being pigeonholed as just a trans actress.

There still aren't many black women on prime-time TV. Times are changing, but it's interesting: we're in 2013 and still experiencing firsts... Hopefully, in the next 100 years, things will balance even more.

It was a Labour prime minister who appointed the first black male and female cabinet ministers.

It would be extraordinary if the BBC were to make me the first black 'Doctor Who;' it would be extraordinary.

There are expectations in how you play your character as a black woman, to be sassy and the same kind of feel, as if there are no quirky black women. I struggle with those things constantly, trying to add dimension to my work, and that's the goal, too.

Sports broadcasting is very open now. In the beginning you did encounter more traditional attitudes and get comments. But I'm talking about 12 years ago.

I was very proud, on just my second day in office, to appoint a gender-balanced cabinet - one of only three in the developed world.

It would be thrilling, obviously, to be able to have a woman and an openly LGBT person as the mayor of New York City.

I also have a film coming up called Breaking Up, and my part in that was not written for a Latina, and my character is not particularly pretty or sexy or exotic.

We can celebrate how far we've come from our sexist past when women and men are equally represented in the pages of science fiction anthologies.

They might have a long way to go before truly accepting gay people into their lives, but they have accepted the show into their living rooms each and every week.

I used to say in interviews that I don't necessarily want to be the first black woman or first model to do certain things; I just want to see it done.

I support women, men, anybody who is in a place that's not their strongest and who is ready to push forward.

It matters whether women sit at the table. No one speaks up for you when you are standing outside with your nose pressed up against the glass. You cannot window-shop for power.