Quotes About Diversity

Just because I'm a girl and it's pop doesn't mean I have to write about love and heartbreak.

I'm not a purist - I like films that are narrated and films that aren't, films that are beautiful and films that are clumsy but heartfelt. Mostly, I just like a good story and good characters.

I played several maids in my career. I was tired of the maid after 'Far From Heaven.' I said, no more maids. Until I realized how difficult it was to get a role other than a maid, sometimes, in Hollywood, and sometimes you have to choose your battles, for lack of a better term.

In any film, there are 10 male roles for 1 female role, especially in the action films. They're heavy with the guys.

There are atheists and Christians, and there are people in both groups who are a little too heavy-handed.

I train with faster, lighter guys, I train with guys from my category. I also train with heavyweight guys.

That's why I train with faster guys, lighter guys, my category and with the heavyweight guys. Because I want to be ready for everything.

I might do something in Arabic. I might do something in Hebrew.

I'm an inveterate fox and not a hedgehog, so I always think you should try everything.

People have a lot of different beliefs, and at the end of the day, we all have deeply held beliefs that probably don't make sense to anyone else.

I don't want to be held down by genres so much.

I don't think being black has held me back at all. Being black makes you strong.

Has my accent held me back? I don't believe it has at all. I think it can be a colourful accent.

It's a good idea to have friends both in Heaven and in Hell.

It took me a year to really learn the American lingo. I really feel for people who are coming here and don't speak English at all. It must be hell.

We used to look at each other and say, 'We play the same game with the same rules, the same bat, the same ball, the same field. What the hell does color have to do with it? You don't play with color. You play with talent.'

Ultimately, when you're out on track with your helmet on, nobody can see the driver. Nobody can judge you on what you look like if your hair is long or short, if you're black or you're white, if you're male or female. All that matters is your performance.

Exposure to a diversity of disciplines has been exceptionally helpful to me.

The majority of my life is 'Guardians,' but being able to clean my brain a little bit by doing something totally different like 'Belko' was incredibly helpful to the creative process.

I'm a big believer that inclusiveness is helpful because everyone brings a different perspective.

I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music.

I think music is a great way of helping people to get to know a country's culture.

I need to be thinking about a few things at once. I think it actually helps because you're cross-fertilizing yourself.

It helps me rejuvenate when I use my energy in different directions and then come back to acting.