Quotes About Belonging

Maybe America hates me.

In L.A., when I was there, I really felt beloved. But the minute you get out of there, it's like everyone else hates you.

When I did 'Slacker,' I didn't own cowboy hats or boots. I was like, 'That's not me.'

I don't know why but it feels like home to me. The Scottish people are really friendly - you like to have fun and you don't care about anything, which is the same as I am.

The world at large doesn't always make sense to me, and there are safe havens. Linda Manz in 'Out of the Blue' is one of them.

Africa is the one place on earth where Prince Harry can be truly himself. He describes Botswana as his 'second home,' but this magical country is even more than that - it is his haven, his safe harbour.

Football is for everyone, no matter what background you're from, what age, what level you play at. This is what it's all about: coming out today, having a good time, and getting involved.

I grew up in Hawaii and I think it was easier because we did not have cliques at high school.

In Hawaii, after somebody introduces themselves, the next question is, 'What high school did you go to?' From there, it's either 'Oh, OK, it's cool, I know some family,' or it's trash-talking to the max, like 'my school is better than your school.' This is how it kind of is back there.

Like my fellow citizens in Hawaii, I am a proud American.

I am from Hawaii. But I am not Hawaiian. I am full Samoan.

I think any gay comedian will acknowledge the fact that he or she is gay - it's not a coincidence, it's deeply who they are.

You cannot heal yourself. You cannot heal anybody else. We're designed to do this in community because we were created inside community for community by community.

In the deaf community, there is exactly that - a community. It's like nothing I see in the hearing world. It's old fashioned, I guess, and beautiful.

Big Ben... hearing the chimes makes me feel at home.

I am an American in every fiber of my body and in every heartbeat.

Millions of Spaniards have Catalonia in their hearts.

I didn't go to Hebrew school.

Fighting in England, for me, is the height of my career. It really is.

I started doing work as an extra and began taking acting classes. My height didn't seem to matter and no one was making fun of me. I found where I belonged.

I loved growing up in Shaker Heights, and I really miss it.

I love Bethnal Green and where I'm from. Nothing there, especially the people, ever held me back, but I never felt that I was successful there.

When I was growing up in California, being vegetarians differentiated my mother and me from normal, held us away from the masses.

There's not one person that hasn't felt like they've been on the outside looking in and going, 'What the hell is that?'