Quotes About Representation

I'm working to create a space where it feels easy to include and imagine black girls and make black girls like me the main characters of our lives.

I've been really lucky with the shows that I've done and the diverse line-ups I've been included in.

Disability, in general, hasn't been included in the conversation about inclusivity.

I want to create resolution and inclusion, so I created Black Santa because his eyes see no color.

I love the BBC but I just want this thing of BAME inclusion in the demographic of the people who make the decisions about what we do and how we do it, to change.

LGBTQIA inclusion in media, especially TV and film, is not just important, it's essential.

I've found that the more honest and true you are and can talk about a character and people's experiences, it's less ostracizing. It actually has the opposite effect than one would think. It makes the characters and the story more inclusive.

You can't say you're inclusive when you only have one plus-size, hourglass white model.

'Fear the Walking Dead,' since its inception, has been a very inclusive show.

It's incredible to see fashion starting to become more inclusive and diverse.

What I bring is hope to all the people who have not seen themselves represented in politics to this point, hope it's possible we can have a more inclusive style of politics.

I have a bee in my bonnet as to how few black historical figures one sees on film; incredible stories, stories from which we are living the legacy and which just don't get made.

The fact that I'm being cast in a show to play a female lead and I'm the dark-skinned Black woman with short hair, it's so incredible.

It's incredibly hard out there for women of color.

In some instances, a gender imbalance is indeed a manifestation of sexism. In others, it is not.

You can't ignore the Asian and Hispanic populations in L.A. We can let audiences know independent film is not just about white men.

India is a democracy; it is in our DNA.

Alex, who I play on 'Quantico' - that part wasn't written for an Indian girl. So they changed her background to make her half Indian and half Caucasian.

We are not white-skinned, we are not like them. We do not look like them. Why do we need to act in Hollywood movies? And I don't even think that Indian actors here want to do English movies.

I don't want to go and play a cliched Indian girl.

I feel as if I can take Indian stories, make them mine and take them to the world.

I've never yet managed to write a novel which didn't have an Indian central character.

Indian business women like Indra Nooyi, Chanda Kochhar, Naina Lal Kidwai, Shikha Sharma, Swati Piramal, Anu Agha, Swati Piramal, Sulajja Firodia Motwani and Zia Mody have put India on the global firmament.

Since 'Heroes' started, I've probably had about 15 or 16 film scripts sent to me with Indian characters, and out of those, maybe one was good.