Character Quote by Jeffrey Tambor

Growing up, there weren't many people on TV who looked like me - apart from the odd shopkeeper and the odd dodgy, racist joke…

— Asim Chaudhry

Every character when born is a stereotype.

— Michael Patrick King

I got my first television at Stanford when I was 20, and I used to watch 'The Dick Van Dyke Show'. He played my…

— Ted Danson

I really fought to make my character not a stereotype. I play a soap star with dyed blonde hair.

— Sadie Frost

As a lonely teenager growing up in Virginia, I fed off any pop culture that could show me different ways of being from what…

— Jenna Wortham

I think the least stereotypical gay character on television is probably Matt LeBlanc on 'Episodes.' He just plays it so straight-faced. They never talk…

— Adam Pally

I actually grew up in the 'burbs - New Rochelle, specifically, most famously home to Rob and Laura Petrie of 'The Dick Van Dyke…

— Joshua Malina

Dick Van Dyke was my first idol. He's an amazing physical comedian, like a classic clown, but also very smart and not afraid to…

— Douglas Wood

I think, growing up, the female friendships that I saw on television were portrayed as catty and vicious.

— Lili Reinhart

I like to say that I was raised by sitcoms, and that my personality is comprised of different characters. Darlene from Roseanne, Denise from…

— Thao Nguyen

I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'

— Vicki Lawrence

It's definitely my responsibility not to stereotype any character, but especially a gay character because of the misperceptions people still have about gays.

— Haaz Sleiman