Tyler Oakley Quotes

I think people have certain preconceived notions of certain people that they've never met. And so, that's sort of what I try to work from.

I don't believe in stereotypes. Most of the time, stereotypes are just that.

People can have so many ill-conceived ideas about me based on the parts that I play. I've had guys, when I've been single, come out of the woodwork to date me and I've found out very quickly that they were expecting some kind of whirlwind, some dramatic crazy person - and that's just not me.

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

To people who don't know me I'm defined by a number of things that people know about me that are entirely untrue.

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.

Don't make an opinion on me if you don't know nothin' about me.

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

It doesn't make it any easier that people form opinions and make judgment calls and think I'm something that I'm not or do things that I don't.

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

People make conclusions about somebody before they actually get to know someone.

People have a preconceived notion about who I am and it's interesting. It's like picking who you want to win for the Oscars and not seeing the movie.

Stereotypes abound when there is distance. They are an invention, a pretense that one knows when the steps that would make real knowing possible cannot be taken or are not allowed.

Don't assume that all fat people are gluttons. And don't use the word 'fat.' There is a principle here. Learn from logic and experience not to associate things - especially in preaching - that don't necessarily go together.

I always laugh because people assume I love horror because I do a horror movie, but I'm not a huge horror fan.

People look at me, they know I've appeared in costume dramas and they automatically assume I must be a Tory, I must be a certain type of person.

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

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

I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.

To this day, I have people I might meet who will make assumptions about my life based on fictional elements of 'The Squid And The Whale.' But I think that's par for the course if you make something that feels kind of real.

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

Everyone knows a lot about me without actually knowing me at all.

When people assume that you're one way and you're not that way at all, it's hard.

When people talk about someone you have preconceived judgments.

It's so funny because people always think of me as being a little bit country or assume that I am from the South - I don't know why!