Quotes About Heritage

I love Western classical music - I grew up on that thanks to my parents who loved it too.

Indian classical music is in my blood.

England is a mecca for actors who want to do the classics.

My wife grew up in Cleveland.

I'm not a clicks man, I wasn't born in the clicks era. I'm a bricks man, I believe in bricks.

I am much closer to the Butler side of the family, which is on mother's side, from where I get my middle name. My parents divorced when I was seven, and I remember as a kid always being fascinated by my full name.

I was taught about slavery, but it was the ancient Egyptians. That's the closest I got to African history.

Arsenal's past appeals to me - I like clubs with a history.

I always fancied myself an outdoorsman, even though I'm a Jewish guy from the East Coast.

I grew up in the north of England, in New Castle, which is where Hadrian's Wall starts on the east coast of England and then goes across to the west.

I don't feel the cold. It's my British blood!

What you collect is the ultimate impartation of who you are. It's the archive of your identity - it's what you leave behind.

I think culture and art tell you what the soul of a nation is, and if we continue to chip away at the arts we are actually chipping away at our collective soul.

What we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College.

In Colombia, we have a lot of passion.

I'm Colombian-American. My father wanted me to have American citizenship, but he wanted to raise me in Colombia.

Africa's not a color - it's a place.

My people were homesteading in Colorado before Emancipation.

I think we all are kind of colored by whatever we were raised with or what we came up believing in.

I love the colorful buildings in Jaipur.

I love bridge-and-tunnel characters. In some respects, they have a chip on their shoulders, but they're proud of where they're from. They're fun and colorful.

I'm not more Brazilian than I am American or vice-versa - I'm very much a combination of all of those things.

I did say to myself one day, 'I'd love to be a Jewish comedian,' but that's my only memory with any connection to show business.

I believe it is important for comedians to know who came before them.