Quotes About Representation

I love the diversity of my district, and it does drive a fair amount of my work.

We're all complaining about diversity in Hollywood, but we've got to address the colorism within the black community of Hollywood first.

The Senate needs a lot more diversity, and I bring quadruple diversity.

The question is not how do we get diversity into bluegrass, but how do we get diversity back into bluegrass?

I played Pierre, a white Russian aristocrat, and my co-lead was Denee Benton. Two black leads playing not black people - it was an important moment for the Broadway community to say diversity is possible and it's here.

I had always wanted to do a show of girls of color, a show that showcased diversity.

With the athletes, there's a lot of diversity. But when you look at the management, coaching and the boards, there's not that much diversity there. I think it's diversity within those roles that's needed.

For me, diversity is just so important and I want my children to be able to watch TV and see themselves.

Hollywood needs more diversity.

Fashion's impact reverberates through our society, which is why it is so important that it celebrates diversity and champions inclusivity.

I've been turned down for a lot of TV because they didn't think there was a place for Divine on television.

It's nice to know that a studio is willing to put a female in a film without expecting the character to have a love interest.

Art in the age of the digital image is completely different from experiencing art in physical form.

While I don't claim to be an expert, I know this: Americans want a government that serves them, not any elite or clique.

I feel like it's a bit of a misconception that all actors have to be expert martial artists if they're Asian.

I was very conscious of the world being this very crazed place that demanded explanation. I didn't see a whole lot of people who looked like me doing it on television.

I'm definitely sensitive to the idea of exploitation. You don't want to glamorize certain things.

I wanted to explore black culture, and I wanted that culture to be a revelation.

I love romance films, especially between people of color, because we don't really explore that enough. I would love to do that.

I wanted to explore Korean-American characters. And 'Columbus' did address that. The father-son dynamic felt very real to me.

That's something I really like about 'Lone Star,' is that they allow my character to just be who he is, while also at other times exploring his trans experience and giving room for that as well.

I've been lucky to come up when there's such a huge explosion of women, and especially Asian women, in music.

You see now more girls getting involved in their sports because they can see it on TV and see these people playing, and I think - the more and more it's exposed and is out there - it will continue to grow and grow. They watch it on TV and think, 'Well, that could be me!'

As you get a lot of exposure, a lot of people looking at you, you have to take it more so how you carry yourself, how people view you. You have to worry about your image.