Jaimie Alexander Quotes

I do come shackled with whatever people think I am.

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.

It's always nice when people discover I'm a normal person and not, because of my appearance, a half-crazed lunatic who may stab them with a Bic pen.

It was truly a lesson in don't take something at face value. You know, so many of us do in life. Whether it's because of how somebody looks or because of what they're wearing or what have you, you kind of assess a person in the first five minutes before they even speak.

I definitely believe in type casting. If you're a girl with bleach-blonde hair, everyone automatically thinks 'prom queen, cheerleader.' It just happens.

I think my own look makes people think I'm tough, but when they get to know me I'm very different.

When they talk to me, people say, 'I didn't expect you to be how you are.'

Beware, as long as you live, of judging people by appearances.

Everybody judges a book by its cover. I can look at 50 books and say every one of those books is bad. Then you read one, and you can say, 'This book is amazing.' That's the same with meeting people.

We look at a person and see the person we want to see. I've had to deal with that my whole life, walking in a room and girls thinking I'm going to steal their boyfriends!

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

Don't assume I'm dumb because I wear a suit and tie.

I look thuggish when I shave my head and wear big boots. I walk into a newsagent and people think I'm going to jump the counter.

I understand people have preconceived notions of who I am or what I do.

I know people look at me and try to make conclusions about me immediately, based on the obvious, let's say.

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

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

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.

You judge people as you meet them.

I guess people expect or figure me to be a lot of different things.

The mistake we make with many people is that we assume that we have the model. It is a type of condescension.

I don't look like the stereotypical darts player, do I?

When people meet me in person, they're usually surprised at how petite I am because there's this idea that because I'm black, I just look a certain way.

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.

You can't judge a book by its cover until you open up and read it. There are going be a million stories out there, true or not true. I say get to know me first before you judge me.