A. Bartlett Giamatti Quotes

Because I had an accent, people had this impression that I was dumb.

Stereotypes and perceptions have their real effects.

There really are a lot of stereotypes I fight.

I'm not trying to prove anything. People look at me, and they take things away from me because of a movie. They don't really see the skills and the kind of player I am. That's why I get downgraded so much, because of something off the field.

When somebody's different, it's so easy to dismiss what people say because of what they look like. They really want to judge the book by its cover.

I know what people think I am. People think I'm dumb. People think I party all the time. People think I'm ignorant.

I came from the NFL, so people didn't like that, or they just try to make assumptions, and I think when you assume, you look stupid.

Some people assume I'm a spoilt trust fund kid who's never had to work for anything, while others think the best of me because of the good experience they had with my grandfather. It's difficult to digest the fact that they may never see me for who I am.

American public opinion sees Arabs as terrorists and has the desert-man image about them. I wish the Americans would see Arabs and Muslims the way I see them... but Arabs are losing the public relations battle in the United States.

I think people underestimate because I'm the rap guy, I'm a crazy guy, screaming all the time. But that doesn't mean that I'm not intelligent.

I live in Kingston. When I tell people I live in Kingston, they start fearing for my life. People ask me if I have Internet in Jamaica. Like, seriously?

A number of people have read 'Two-Way Split' and made certain assumptions about what the author's like, and I'm highly disappointing to them. I don't drink, I don't eat meat; that's very disappointing for a hard-boiled writer.

I can pass as a lot of things: people meet me and don't think I'm gay and speak about gay people in a certain way or they don't know I'm Middle Eastern and do the same.

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.

I feel like Americans don't really have any idea of what's going on in the world, especially us Africans. I feel like when they think about Africans, they think about just us running around with lions and tigers and all those other animals.

I think I've been completely underestimated in the past because of my blonde hair.

From the first time I saw them, I knew they weren't just five dirty little boys from Liverpool without an education.

People will put me in whatever box they feel the most comfortable having me in, and nothing I can do will change that.

There's no religion in this country that is more misunderstood, mis-categorized, and misidentified than Islam.

A lot of NFL guys are misunderstood.

Prejudice is not just a personal sentiment - it can be institutional too.

I have blonde hair and blue eyes, and whenever I tell people I'm Greek, they don't believe me.

Before joining the industry, my impression of Kannada films was red and yellow outfits, hilarious sets, and dance movements. But I'm glad I'm wrong.

Out of ignorance and fear comes judgment and division.

Ignorance is the wet-nurse of prejudice.