Quotes About Diversity

Whether they hail from different cultures, countries or faiths, children are children.

My hair is capable of doing a lot of different things.

I've been every hair color under the sun for different projects.

My hairdresser Alan, who I've known since I began competing, lives with us, along with his husband Nathan, so I have my own gay gaggle.

I've had the honor of working with so many trans people as a hairdresser over my career in some way.

When I was growing up all I ever wanted was straight hair as you want to be the same as everyone else but then last summer a hairdresser friend said, 'let's stop straightening this and keep it curly,' and I've never looked back.

You want to be more hairy, that's beautiful. You want to be more clean-shaven, that's great.

I am the president of all Haitians, the good and the bad.

I am half Bengali and half Marathi.

I'm like half Brazilian and half American now.

I always look at things half full and definitely see a change in how things are going as far as black actresses and their opportunities.

Not everybody gets to travel halfway around the world to see a whole different perspective. If we can see that on TV, we'll know that society is bigger than the small world we all live in.

I think that we in the West expect people to adapt to our culture very, very quickly when they come to our country. But when we go over to someone else's, I don't think we are willing to meet them halfway like we expect them to meet us. I think having cultural sensitivity is a lot more important than we realize.

Look at me! I can go from 'Donny and Marie' to Sam Peckinpah to Radio City Music Hall in one week.

When all my girlfriends were watching 'ER,' I was watching episodes of 'Kids in the Hall.'

If there were 3,000 people in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the musical education would be so much better than this little elite thing.

I would love if gay men responded to me. All I want is for many gay men to dress up as me for Halloween.

I'd like to continue doing movies, clubs, concert halls and television. I like something about each one.

I had to drive with a roof in LMP2, and I managed to get used to that quite quickly - although it's still not a Halo, it's still different to what I'm used to.

Hamilton' doesn't compare to anything I've ever done.

It wasn't until 'Hamilton' that I began to be considered an actor of color, and I really don't know what to make of it.

With 'Hamilton,' what's cool about the show is that even super-old white people come to see the show and hang on every word, it's that good.

If people are coming to 'Hamilton' to leave their politics behind, you came to the wrong show.

The truth of the matter is, I am a black woman, and I am an actor. I don't try to get caught up in being a black actor; I'm just an actor who is a black woman. It's not about forgetting that you're black, but you don't need to be hammered over the head, either; it just is what it is.