Quotes About Diversity

Lot of the scripts I've been in with other non-white actors haven't been great. Lot of non-white actors ain't all that great.

I want to do Indian films based on scripts with a universal appeal.

There are some great women's roles in television... so much more interesting than what I was reading in film scripts.

Audiences want to watch heroine-oriented films, and even writers are writing scripts for women. I am very happy to see this change.

I was drawn to gay parts because of their scripts, what the roles offered.

I get a lot of scripts, but they're all for the same type of character.

These kinds of scripts telling the stories of women are very rare.

If I couldn't be an actor, I would only consider being an astronaut, a sea otter, or a gynecologist.

All SEALS in my mind are equally elite. It doesn't matter if you're SEAL Team Two, One, Six, 10, it doesn't matter. All SEALS are equally elite.

I had to work up the courage to even imagine myself running for Congress. But I eventually decided that our country had a moral problem in only letting white men - even the right-minded ones - have a seat at the table.

Everybody wants a seat at the table, but nobody wants to give up space.

As only the second Jewish person to lead a federal party with seats, I will say that antisemitism has no place in politics.

I was fortunate to be raised in Seattle, which was amazing, but that doesn't take away from the fact I was still a black kid growing up in America.

Football is football; I don't care if you're doing it in Division II, NAIA, or in the SEC or anything in between.

I came up through Second City, so I'm used to playing 20 characters every night who are very different from each other. I wouldn't want my career to be any different.

It's possible that Israel will be my second home, but it won't be my only home.

You don't want a second-class set of citizens inside the United States.

Being a woman leader is secondary to me - and should be to others.

When I was on 'Doubt' on CBS, there was a 60-second scene, but in that 60 seconds, people were so affected because it was trans women in a very normalized situation.

Most of the people we worked with were men. And the women were secretaries.

I come from a secular background.

Education should be totally secular. I am not telling people not to believe in God, but it should be a personal matter which should be done at home.

Our country is secular and Kerala is one state where it plays out at its best.

I believe in all the secular values that Indian democracy is famous for.