Lady Gaga Quotes

Films really can change a conversation and change someone's thinking and perception, especially with people of color at the center. It rarely happens. I think it's important for both the community but also the world to see people of color in all genres, especially love stories.

As a gay man, I think the role of culture is central to how you change politics - culture is politics.

Acting is how I'll be able to change how Latinos are viewed in media and change how little girls see and talk about themselves.

Homosexuality is like an inside baseball thing. It's like a gag that people share; 'How is your husband?' But when it comes to bringing diversity to a broader audience, suddenly it's a different road. It's what we call 'a risk.' Isn't it our responsibility to elevate the standards and change people's perceptions?

I feel like fashion is making steps toward diversity, but I think they could do more.

With any minority group, it takes a strong presence in the public eye to make a change because everything nowadays is social media.

I hope that there's a little black boy somewhere in Montana that never thought that he would see a reflection of himself, and he turns on the television, like, 'Oh my God, thank you.'

The reason I got into filmmaking was super naive: to change the world, you know? To really make the voices that we don't get to hear heard and the images and the stories that we don't get to see seen. I would like to normalize that.

I want to see different faces on the covers of magazines, the stars of movies, featured on billboards.

I'm getting to use my platform as the Bachelorette - on my season - to really make change through my experience.

If I had seen 'Pose' in the years I was a kid, it would have probably meant everything to me.

I never grew up seeing women that looked like me in magazines or on TV and didn't feel like I had a place in the world of fashion. I am honoured to be part of that change.

I think that TV and film are very important mediums to show what people of all races, ethnicities, sexual orientations can do, and I think that, as women, we are still in the process of proving what we can do, what we can accomplish, and who we are.

The fashion industry needs to breed a whole different way of thinking. We need more diverse people working in all facets of the industry.

Companies can change. Culture can change.

I want to change the perception about Latinos worldwide. I think people don't know yet how cool we are.

To see another fat girl on television, I think, is really powerful. I'm happy to open the doors for a younger generation of fat, black women to be visible, to be seen, to be heard.

If you start off as a fearsome figure in pop culture, it's almost axiomatic that at some point, years under the lights softens you into a cuddly family figure.

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

I think it's so important to have visibility and to break down stereotypes and stigmas and everything that people are so attached to.

When we see a difference in media, we're more likely to accept it in our lives, and when we accept it in our lives, we also want to see more of it in media.

Steve Warren's work and career have opened doors for out professionals across the entertainment industry. In addition to advocating for LGBT people, he has continuously mobilized a large base of high-profile allies to help bring about social change.

I happen to believe that trans people are anointed, and because of our experiences and the unique way we see the world, we can bring so much to a role. We just need the opportunity to show that.

These superhero movies are starting to give more love to not only black characters but also to more female characters, which is necessary because you have boys and girls of all colors who are looking at these superheroes saying, 'I want to be that. I want to look like that. Show me somebody that I can automatically connect with.'

I really wanted to change the idea of what is possible and to show that 'deaf can' and what better place to do that than on national television?