Quotes About Diversity

In Hollywood through the 50s, there were black, English, and Middle European housekeepers and maids.

What the Bleep Do We Know was not written with a deaf person in mind, but when they met me, it clicked with them to have me in it. But that happens with a lot of actors in Hollywood, not just with me.

I had a lot of Marwari friends, both in Holy Angels School and Ethiraj College.

I do drag. Just because my drag is not the drag of Creme Fatale or Holy McGrail doesn't mean it's less drag. I perform live; I just sing with dancers. It's drag on a different level.

All holy days, no matter the religion with which they are associated, contain lessons for all humanity.

I want to pay homage to Los Angeles.

The story that I'm telling in 'Homecoming King' about falling in love, these are things that happened to me - that actually happen every day in our backyards and in our communities.

Some may want to be a homemaker and some want to follow other careers and they should be allowed. If we want to be different we should be different and we should be allowed to be different.

I think a woman's role is not just confined to being a homemaker and have babies, but a lot more.

My home is here in Manchester now but my family home is in Brazil. With Belgium I feel like I have three homes.

I have a few homes, and Los Angeles is certainly one of them.

Coming from where I came from, being a foster youth... like, living in all those different homes... I am glad I had those experiences because now, when I perform, I can come from a place of reality: I know how different people live.

Society tells you home is where you grew up or where you settled, but nah. I have friends all over the world. Maybe I have a billion homes.

Sometimes in Asian homes it is all about where we've come from, which is important too, but it is about where you live and where you're born and the people who are the same as you.

What I learned on 'Homicide' was that each show deserves its own look.

A lot of artists have a super-specific musical hero they definitely try to hone in on. I'm basically inspired by everyone. I don't have one particular artist who I'm super-obsessed with.

Honestly if I had the time, I would love to learn every language in the world. I love connecting to people. If I can't do it through language, I will try to do it through my music.

I listen to all kinds of music, honestly.

In all honesty, when you talk about 'the gay community,' you are talking about my community, haha.

People often comment on the feeling and soul in my music, and I think part of that comes from the honesty and diversity of the kids I went to school with and jammed with.

Honey's just not honey. There's so many different varieties, so many different flavours.

When I came here, I was a little bit different and in Finland people didn't really accept me, and then I came here and I saw Honey G doing so well and I thought 'British people are so great, they accept Honey G as she is, so maybe they'll accept me as well.'

It's a great honor even to be compared to such amazing artists as 2NE1.

Americans honor and respect each other's faith, and we honor those that choose to have no faith.