Ann Leckie Quotes

I'm not a big fan of identity politics and sort of picking one thing and defining yourself with it.

I think I underestimated the way people bracket you.

It's interesting: I think, as a Latino actor, the biggest challenge is being called 'Latino' because immediately, the world has a perception of what that means.

I've been labeled all my life.

I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people.

People look at you, and they've got just the perfect little box for you, the perfect category. Call you a redneck. Call you a hillbilly. Like those were insults.

I was always typecast as a Latina.

The reality that everyone is stereotyped - every one gets typecast, so you have to work to get out of that.

You cannot act a color. Do not tell me I'm acting black, because I'm not. I'm acting whatever you want to call it - urban. I don't even have a name for it. I just call it 'me.'

A lot of people get stereotyped into roles just from how they look, and I have played such a variety of characters.

And it is impossible to treat human beings as human beings if you label them, if you term them, if you give them a name as Hindus, Russians, or what you will. It is so much easier to label people, for then you can pass by and kick them, drop a bomb on India or Japan.

It harms me when people say I am 'non-mainstream' or 'non-commercial' actor. I try to fight off such labels.

I have no doubt that my origin and ethnicity have strongly influenced controversy over my invention of email.

Since I am a turbaned Sardar, I can only play Sardar roles. Either that or producers should be willing to alter the script to accommodate my physical appearance. But I won't call this a restriction.

I don't often get Indian girl roles because I'm 'not Indian enough.' Which is true - I'm from Texas.

I had a casting director tell me to be blacker.

I grew up in a predominantly Asian and Mexican community, and because I did breakdance and poplock and all that, I did get a lot of criticism: 'You're Mexican, why are you doing that?'

There's sometimes an accent on TV and it's like 'are you American?', because I can kind of pick up on it a little bit and I never want to be in that position.

They always like to put labels on me.

We are tagged as comedians, villains, etc. but those are just character traits of a role and there is no need for differentiation.

I get irritated by the term 'African writer', because it doesn't mean anything to me.

We live in an age of micro aggressions where people are deemed racist or sexist of phobic for making one wrong tweet.

I think it's funny when stereotypes happen.

I've lived 16, 17 years of my life in Asia, and that's most of my life. I was born in Asia - I've lived cultures that are synonymous with Asian culture - but it's still not Asian enough for some people.

I have not seen 'The Lion King.' I don't do black folklore. And I'm black.