Quotes About Representation

Sometimes, there's not an honest engagement of Ireland in Hollywood movies.

As you can hear, I am English - I am from England - and it was really good playing for Ireland.

It's ironic to watch a dress on a mannequin or a model on a catwalk who's not anything like the person that's going to buy it.

I think it's unconscionable for a Senator from Massachusetts to come down here and tell the people of Florida what's right for them. It's arrogant and irresponsible.

I find it particularly irritating, if I go to a games conference to speak about my work, that often it's presumed that I'm the marketing girl - that's annoying.

We want a country which is not isolated and where democracy rules.

The color and the diversity dies out, and it gets whiter and whiter, and that's in any field. There is also this idea that there can only be one gay person or there can only be one Asian-American woman in the office, and so it also perpetuates itself where we are isolated, especially the more successful we get.

A lot of members of Congress are isolated. They tend to be affluent. They tend to have a lot of people doing things for them. So sometimes they don't understand what their constituents are feeling.

Africa should not again face isolation or stigmatisation based on ignorance and unrepresentative imagery.

I feel there's a lot of anti-Israel sentiment in the world and a lot of ignorance about what Israel is and does. But it's not for me to speak on Israel's behalf.

My identity is always at the forefront, and I also think that every article that is written about me refers to me as an Israeli architect.

I wanted to bring likable Arabs into the average Israeli living room.

Majoritarian is when a majority takes a decision. It is not dictatorship. It is about which issue is major.

Gilmore Girls' felt very apart from everything else that was happening. I felt very lucky to be able to be on a show dealing with those issues. I was proud.

I will be the defence lawyer of the Italian people.

There are lots of wonderful old Italian actors. You don't need to take an Egyptian to play an Italian actor.

It's funny, because I've never thought of myself as a Hispanic actor, like in 'American Gangster,' I'm playing an Italian. I've always been fortunate enough to have been allowed to play all these diverse roles.

Everybody I play probably has some Italian in them.

I will be the defense attorney for all Italians.

Russia has never been very good at explaining itself to foreigners.

When you see me play Jack, I want you to believe that that's a gay character.

Where are Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton? They don't speak for Black America, and they don't speak for me.

Sam Jackson is like the Jeezy of Hollywood: He's for his people.

There probably won't be an animated The Roots or Black Thought as there was, say, an animated Michael Jackson when 'The Jackson 5' cartoon show was on when we were kids.