Quotes about Stereotype

To go to bed at night in Madrid marks you as a little queer. For a long time your friends will be a little uncomfortable about it. Nobody goes to bed in Madrid until they have killed the night. Appointments with a friend are habitually made for after midnight at the cafe.

In fact, there is perhaps only one human being in a thousand who is passionately interested in his job for the job's sake. The difference is that if that one person in a thousand is a man, we say, simply, that he is passionately keen on his job; if she is a woman, we say she is a freak.

Guns don't kill people, dads with daughters do.

For years, I've heard the question: "How could an actor be president?" I've sometimes wondered how you could be president and not be an actor.

It's like I'm managing to achieve all this success in spite of my affliction ... Would you ever put that in the headline for a male star?

Man may work from sun to sun,But woman's work is never done.

A married daughter with children puts you in danger of being catalogued as a first edition.

The Ugly American

I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'.

A lot of actors aren't particularly good directors. And they're not particularly good with other actors. That's kind of a fallacy.

and I know how names can alter the colour of beliefs.

I think you can't be really posh and be an interesting actor. I'm a bit of a posh rough.