Sarah Lancashire Quotes

I'm going to be 58, and I'm a woman. In this business, that seems to be a bigger crime than being mentally ill.

Race and gender definitely came up, occasionally, in my life at work. But the bigger challenge that I had was age. I took roles earlier in my career than people expected, and so a lot of what I got was, 'Do you actually know enough to do this?'

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way.

I don't like stereotypes - no kind of stereotypes.

Prejudice is a form of untruthfulness, and untruthfulness is an insidious form of injustice.

It was a mistake to think that my views would have been taken on their own terms. It was a mistake to think that my last name wouldn't be a factor.

Stereotypes do exist, but we have to walk through them.

Stereotypes and perceptions have their real effects.

We've come a long way, but there is still a lot of discrimination.

Never judge a stranger by his clothes.

We all judge people.

Everything is harder when you are a Nordestino. You have to work harder than anybody else because people will be judging you with much less mercy than the other players.

When I came into comedy in 2005, I didn't even know there was discrimination against musical comics in the alternative-comedy strain.

We have so many people who can't see a fat man standing beside a thin one without coming to the conclusion that the fat man got that way by taking advantage of the thin one!

I think it's just easier for people to put you in a box or a lane because you look similar. I think that's unfair for anybody in any situation.

I judge preschool teachers and actresses shamelessly. The first five minutes I meet them.

I don't like to be pigeonholed; I don't like when people won't see me for something because they don't think I can do it. I always feel like, at least give me the shot.

It's just amazing that there are so many prejudices even now.

The notion that Jews are mythic creatures is well circulating in our culture.

Prejudices are not easily got rid of as an old coat which is no longer thought of.

We all deal with being unfairly judged.

When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble dealing with him than if we could have settled for a lesser label.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

People always want to think that because you're not from a certain circumstance, you can't relate. That's ridiculous.

Discrimination is a disease.