Michael Patrick King Quotes

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

If you put a label on yourself, people will pigeonhole you.

I am evidence that you don't have to sell a lot of records or succeed in the usual way to have a big audience and a job.

I'm not afraid of stereotypes. There are some truths to it - but the problem is that people keep sort of owning that one thing to be the truth.

I've learned that people latch onto labels and stereotypes. There was a period when I was asked in every single interview how I liked being the new Frank Sinatra... I think people will soon realize that I do a lot more than interpret old songs.

I do come shackled with whatever people think I am.

I don't like labels. I don't understand the need for them. When you define yourself a certain way, people have expectations.

People always put you in a box as a rapper, especially when I get up on a panel and start speaking, and I start speaking when I got some sense. They're like, 'Oh, well, I didn't expect him to have sense.'

If you do an item song, then you're categorized as an item girl; if you focus on acting, you're categorized as an actor.

I'm sick of people putting boxes around everyone, telling you where and how you have to fit in.

When you come into this league, everyone tries to put you in categories - 'this is what he is' or 'this is what he can do.'

From the first time I saw them, I knew they weren't just five dirty little boys from Liverpool without an education.

People will put me in whatever box they feel the most comfortable having me in, and nothing I can do will change that.

I've been a fighter all my life. I just don't look like that.

There's no safety in anything, but in the arts, there is really this idea of no promises. I didn't follow the writing dream for safety.

You don't want to be defined by one thing. But at the same point... When you are the first in something, that's gonna kinda be the title that sticks. And after Sochi, I was, like, the dog guy. Now I'm the gay guy, and it's fine by me.

People are always put in a box or slot.

I think you're stereotyped after every film. Post 'Dev D,' I was only offered bold roles. Similarly, after 'Margarita With A Straw,' I was offered roles where I had to play differently-abled people. So, no matter what type of film you work in, people tend to slot you.

I think growing up, people want to put you in a box and label you quite often, just because it's kind of easier, I guess.

I can't wait to get over to the U.K. for my first time ever. I've always heard how amazing the fans are over there - looking forward to experiencing it for myself.

I had no godfather/godmother/filmi family backing me, but I made it only because I just believed in my talent, and my audience reposed their faith in me. So, I always say that my godfather in B-town has been my audience. Without them, I would be nowhere.

I guess the underlying principle might be, don't make it too easy for them to stereotype you.

Not everyone is the same. You can't label a person just because of what they do or what they've done.

...my experience with people who tried to label me was that they usually did it to either dismiss me or use me.

Putting labels on people is so counter-productive. Most of us on some issues could be considered conservative, on other issues could be considered progressive, on other issues might be thought of as being moderate, on other issues might be thought of as being rather forthright.