I just hope that people get a variety of news sources to keep themselves informed.
There is no more important struggle for American democracy than ensuring a diverse, independent and free media. Free Press is at the heart of that struggle.
It's far too rare an experience for Asian American girls to see themselves in media.
To me it's more fun and more challenging, too, to do different types of pictures.
I think the world should be represented on television and for the longest its been limited. Ethnic stories specifically need variety in content period.
I have tried to help build a framework that recaptures the First Amendment as a principle to empower all Americans, politically and personally, through access to plentiful, diverse communications spaces.
I kind of prefer bouncing back and forth between theater and films. It's like having the best of both worlds, both very different experiences.
I think it's great that we're living in a time when everyone is being represented on TV and film.
You have only so many chances to tell stories. I didn't want to be forever wedded to one form of storytelling when there are so many out there.
I think the fun thing about doing a project under your own name is that literally anything could be a follow up, it doesn't necessarily need to be a record, it could be film related, it could be book related, it could be anything.
I want to do everything and be greedy in that way - film, TV, radio, theatre. If it's juicy work, I want it!
I never like to stick to one media; whether it's a TV series or feature film, I enjoy it and I like changing constantly.
News - communicating news and ideas, I guess - is my passion. And giving people alternatives so that they have two papers to read (and) alternative television channels.
Growing up, there was this explosion of B television. 'Fresh Prince of Bel Air,' you have 'Family Matters,' 'A Different World.' I had examples - of black children, black families, black women, black men - that represented who I was.
You know, I grew up watching all kinds of films. So, as an adult, I wanted to be involved in all kinds of plays and television and film.
It feels good to watch TV and know that you're being represented on somebody's network and for certain communities, it feels even better to know that you're being depicted truthfully.
I think the important thing is that there be plenty of newspapers, with plenty of different people controlling them, so that there are a variety of viewpoints, so there is a choice for the public. This is the freedom of the press that is needed.
I want to watch telly that reflects the world I see.
Representation is necessary, and we all want to turn on the TV and see characters who look like us and represent us in some way.
One of the great joys of my life post-'Friends' has been being approached by Asian women who have told me how much it meant to see an Asian face on their TV screen when they were growing up.
It's so important... to have a variety of representation on television.
I like how I'm able to be curvy and beautiful and represent that in media, because I don't think it's shown often enough.
I ended up being exposed to cinema that a lot of other kids wouldn't have been exposed to.
I have always been aware that I can never represent all trans people. No one or two or three trans people can. This is why we need diverse media representations of trans folks to multiply trans narratives in the media and depict our beautiful diversities.
For me, what's a more important question is how we get at least the option of more diverse experiences in this media.
