Frances McDormand

I portray female characters, so I have the opportunity to change the way people look at them. Even if I wasn't consciously doing that, it would happen anyway just because of how I present as a woman, or as a person. I present in a way that's not stereotypical, even if I'm playing a stereotypical role.

American Actress

Keiynan Lonsdale

It's important that I work with people where they know why they're hiring me and that they're looking to create art without fear. Anyone who uses those excuses to not cast people or to create extremely stereotypical characters, they're creating out of fear, and to me that's really boring.

Australian Actor

John C. Reilly

I hear actors complain about being stereotyped, and a lot of the time, you have yourself to blame. Just don't take the part if you feel like it's a stereotypical part for you. You have control over your life. We don't have the old studio system, where you have to do what they tell you.

American Actor

Alicia Keys

A lot of times I watch TV and I watch film and there's so many things I'd love to talk about that I feel don't get the opportunity to be shown. Sometimes things become very stereotypical and one-sided, and I feel like it's such a colorful world.

American Musician

Issa Rae

I personally don't feel any pressure to make jokes about multiple baby-fathers and stereotypical black jokes, because one, that's just not my life, and two, I wouldn't even sound right talking about those things.

Ed Sheeran

The public has heard the stereotypical love songs a million times, and they've heard the stereotypical life-or-death songs millions of times. It's good to mix it up a little bit.

English Musician

Haley Bennett

You typically find stereotypical female characters that are people pleasers, where they are wives and girlfriends, typically, who are in the background.

Henry Golding

The joy of tasting different cultures is it gives you a broad perspective, and you don't judge people from stereotypical characters you see in films.

British Actor

Xzibit

I'm just trying to put my feet into different characters and not play the stereotypical type thing, to let me grow as an actor.

George R. R. Martin

I like grey characters; fantasy for too long has been focused on very stereotypical heroes and villains.

American Author

Be aware that some 'stereotypical' views can be offensive or outdated.

Cultural Sensitivity

Question whether a stereotypical portrayal reflects reality or promotes narrow thinking.

Challenge Stereotypes

Recognize 'stereotypical' as describing a general belief, not a fact about all individuals.

Spot Generalizations

Use 'stereotypical' when something is so common that it becomes predictable.

Predictability

Describe something as 'stereotypical' when it lacks creativity or uniqueness.

Lack of Originality

'Stereotypical' often points to overused themes or elements in stories and cultures.

Common Tropes

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My journey from Marine...

 actually, I should say three -- The first one is on education. Now schools have been shut down across China for quite some time now and again, this might feel a little bit stereotypical, or a caricature of China, but education is extremely important to the country and extremely important to the citizens.

What the world can learn...

 None of these things are stereotypical of that generation, right? Nilofer Merchant -- she's a thought leader in innovation -- she tells us we have to meet people in their onlyness, that is, that spot in the world where only we stand, as a function of our unique history, our experiences and our hopes.

How generational...

 feeling sorry for somebody. But of course you don't understand compassion if you're just going to think about it. You also have to do it. I want them to get the media involved because the media are crucial in helping to dissolve some of the stereotypical views

Karen Armstrong: Let's...

 satirizing both conventions of its time and long held beliefs about humanity. While island adventure stories often support colonialism, "Lord of the Flies" turns this trope on its head. Rather than cruelly casting native populations as stereotypical savages,

Why should you read...

 computer scientists. When you're looking for life advice, computer scientists probably aren't the first people you think to talk to. Living life like a computer -- stereotypically deterministic, exhaustive and exact -- doesn't sound like a lot of fun.

3 ways to make better...

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Depicting new images of...

 So, it's not exactly a stereotypical set of rules. Even more generally though, males are actually not all that important in the lives of a lot of insects. In the social insects -- the bees and wasps and ants --

Marlene Zuk: What we...

 couldn't because for me it was not my job to tell her that what she's doing is the stereotypical story and i did not see the editor doing it so in jamaica we say you don't go to a man's house

Reframing Black History...

 and afford them a better life back home. She was a devout conservative Catholic, a believer in traditional family values, stereotypical roles of men and women, and I was, well, me.