--- title: "7 Queer Characters Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 7 Queer Characters quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Queer Characters sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/dan-levy-6718_artist_a-lot-of-queer-characters-get-painted-wi_48357.jpg" --- > [A lot of queer characters get painted with either a caricature brush, or they're used to teach, in a way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-levy/a-lot-of-queer-characters-get-painted-with-either-a-caricature-brush/) [Dan Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-levy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/dan-levy-6718_artist_a-lot-of-queer-characters-get-painted-wi_48357.jpg) > [The more queer characters I play over my years of working as an actor, and the more I see other young artists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-bowyer-chapman/the-more-queer-characters-i-play-over-my-years-of-working-as-an-actor/) [Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-bowyer-chapman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/jeffrey-bowyer-chapman-17345_actor_the-more-queer-characters-i-play-over-my_560079.jpg) > [“One of the problems in mainstreaming queer characters is that people think in order to get a character accepted, they have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/one-of-the-problems-in-mainstreaming-queer-characters-is-that-people/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cf/anonymous-1_actors_one-of-the-problems-in-mainstreaming-que_785526.jpg) > [What I would love is for a normalization of queer characters on TV.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-beatriz/what-i-would-love-is-for-a-normalization-of-queer-characters-on-tv/) [Stephanie Beatriz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-beatriz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b54/stephanie-beatriz-13455_characters_what-i-would-love-is-for-a-normalization_1930348.jpg) > [I knew that I wanted to primarily play queer characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-bowyer-chapman/i-knew-that-i-wanted-to-primarily-play-queer-characters/) [Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-bowyer-chapman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9f/jeffrey-bowyer-chapman-17345_characters_i-knew-that-i-wanted-to-primarily-play-q_2139322.jpg) > [I personally always have a hard time relating to queer characters in media because I didn't really see myself in them. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noelle-stevenson/i-personally-always-have-a-hard-time-relating-to-queer-characters-in/) [Noelle Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noelle-stevenson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/noelle-stevenson-11488_character_i-personally-always-have-a-hard-time-rel_2202279.jpg) > [People often ask me why I choose to primarily play queer characters, and my answer is that as a queer man, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-bowyer-chapman/people-often-ask-me-why-i-choose-to-primarily-play-queer-characters/) [Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-bowyer-chapman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/jeffrey-bowyer-chapman-17345_man_people-often-ask-me-why-i-choose-to-prim_3195994.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/queer-characters/#itemlist", "name": "Queer Characters Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, 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They were kind of pigeonholed early on as the gay character, and they would naturally end up with the other gay character who would emerge at some point as their love interest.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noelle Stevenson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noelle-stevenson/i-personally-always-have-a-hard-time-relating-to-queer-characters-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/noelle-stevenson-11488_character_i-personally-always-have-a-hard-time-rel_2202279.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/noelle-stevenson-11488_character_i-personally-always-have-a-hard-time-rel_2202279.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/noelle-stevenson-11488_character_i-personally-always-have-a-hard-time-rel_2202279.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I personally always have a hard time relating to queer characters in media because I didn't really see…” — Noelle Stevenson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People often ask me why I choose to primarily play queer characters, and my answer is that as a queer man, I choose to align myself with projects in which I can be of service for a purpose greater than myself: to be for an audience of queer people of color, something I didn't have the privilege of seeing as a young man.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-bowyer-chapman/people-often-ask-me-why-i-choose-to-primarily-play-queer-characters/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/jeffrey-bowyer-chapman-17345_man_people-often-ask-me-why-i-choose-to-prim_3195994.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/jeffrey-bowyer-chapman-17345_man_people-often-ask-me-why-i-choose-to-prim_3195994.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/jeffrey-bowyer-chapman-17345_man_people-often-ask-me-why-i-choose-to-prim_3195994.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People often ask me why I choose to primarily play queer characters, and my answer is that as a queer man, I…” — Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/queer-characters/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/queer-characters/", "name": "Queer Characters Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/queer-characters/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/dan-levy-6718_artist_a-lot-of-queer-characters-get-painted-wi_48357.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 7 Queer Characters quotes by 5 authors. 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