Quotes About Diversity

It never happens in Europe, and I'm not sure how often it happens here in Australia, but in Hawaii and all over the United States nobody knows what a fast lane is.

I am from Hawaii. But I am not Hawaiian. I am full Samoan.

You can't brand an artiste and take away the fact that he or she wants to do something genuinely different.

One of the first lessons he or she learns is that in baseball anything, absolutely anything, can happen. Just two days ago as I write this, something happened that had never happened in baseball before.

Let each person have a chance to be who he or she wants to be. Only then can we be considered a truly liberated nation.

I think any gay comedian will acknowledge the fact that he or she is gay - it's not a coincidence, it's deeply who they are.

The image of an actor plays a huge role in deciding if he or she can experiment with roles.

When I was15 years old, I couldn't look at the NFL and look on TV and say, 'Boy, there's a head coach, African American. That's something I'd like to do.'

I think a cosmetics company should be headed by a woman.

The world that we live in isn't uniform-looking, and the future that we're headed toward isn't uniform-looking.

It's so exciting to headline a film. It's not every day you see a Latina carrying a full-length feature.

With evolution, things are always changing, so I sort of think: Should we all be growing three heads?

Studio heads seem to be getting the message that there is not only an audience out there, but there is a desire for people to see people of colour in central roles and in authoritative roles.

You know how many men make music without biting each other's heads off? Why do we have to do that? There's room for everybody. I really couldn't care less what the next girl's doing. If she's shining, that's good. It's not taking away from my light.

We need aggressive healing, a strong voice that will continue to understand that diversity is our strength.

There should be choice in healthcare.

Each of us is living our own private journey, and the more we know about each other, the healthier and happier the world will be.

As a disabled person, I feel like a lot of times we don't get to be heard.

Have you ever heard of 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?' I would like to play Sidney Poitier's role - I love that role.

My job was to get a fair and open hearing to all ideas.

I've always believed in good music over bad music. I believe in two sorts of musics. And the lines that separate us, I don't believe in that. That's for people who need to easily define what they're hearing. Me, I'm cool with everything and anything I'm hearing that's music. It comes under one definition for me.

An actor hears 'no' more often than the average person. A black human and a black woman on top of that? That's a lot of no's.

There's heart and soul in everyone, and we need to respect people's choices.

Every artist is an artist, and every heartbeat is a heartbeat.