Once you get labeled, there's nothing you can do about it.
A word, for example, that is negative, pejorative, and has caused more pain and suffering is 'illegitimate.' But every person has a mother and father. It is another way we let society hurt others.
Labeling a child as mentally ill is stigmatization, not diagnosis. Giving a child a psychiatric drug is poisoning, not treatment.
Examine the labels you apply to yourself. Every label is a boundary or limit you will not let yourself cross.
When I was labeled stupid, that scarred me forever.
I am tired of the constant demonizing of people via political labels.
When you use the term minority or minorities in reference to people, you're telling them that they're less than somebody else.
The second we define someone as a Democrat or Republican, it creates a whole set of limitations.
If you label someone lazy or a liar, he'll feel like that for life. Worse, guys lose motivation to change when we feel like your perception of us is set in stone.
When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble dealing with him than if we could have settled for a lesser label.
Childhood, young adulthood is fluid. And it's very easy to get labeled very young and have to carry something through your childhood and into your adulthood that is not necessarily who you are.
For decades, I have cringed whenever someone called me 'illegal,' as if I'm an insect on someone's back. I found out I didn't have the right papers - that I was here illegally - when I tried to get a driver's permit at age 16. But I am not 'illegal.' No person is.
When you label someone 'up and coming' or 'the new breakout,' there's this kind of expectation. And I think, like I said before, it's very hard to live up to that expectation when you really don't have that much power as an actor - in terms of your career path and the timing.
