Quotes About Diversity

I served 18 months in Northern Ireland and that was very scary. I remember when we were told do you want the good news or the bad news first. We wanted the good news - we're going to Cyprus. The bad news? We're going to Northern Ireland first. All the black blokes looked at each other and thought, 'that's really funny.'

I want to be remembered as the different characters I have portrayed.

I can understand why people get annoyed at being remembered for one thing, but a lot of actors aren't remembered for anything. I don't mind that.

If I get to do only 10 roles, then I should be remembered for all the ten roles.

I try to do other characters that are different from Monk, obviously, because I'd like to be remembered for more than just that.

I didn't want to just be remembered for 'War Horse.'

I like to hoop but I don't want to be remembered for one thing, like 'oh he just plays basketball.'

You can't avoid the conversation of diversity and remembering that diversity goes beyond race and culture. It goes into gender and sexual orientation and all sorts of things.

It's worth remembering that immigrants come to this country to work, they don't come to get handouts.

I tend to look very different with every role that I do, so I don't know if anybody remembers me or recognizes me at all, including people that I've worked with and know really well.

You have to remind casting directors out here that you don't just do one thing. There's a lot of people who do just one thing.

Politics remind us of the big divide between different parts of the country, but also that we all have to run this ship together. Were all married to one another and there is no divorce happening.

I try to choose characters that don't remind the audience of my previous roles. I make a conscious effort for that.

Ultimately, mentorship plays such a big role in breaking directors that successful male directors tend to reach the helping hand to guys who remind them of themselves. We need more women directors so they can reach out to girls who remind them of themselves.

I want to remind people that black music is amazing. And there are all forms of it that we've forgotten, you know? Rock music is black music! Don't forget that's what it is.

When a parent says about a book, 'That's not my child's world,' I remind them of the future. Social fluency will be the new currency of success. Not experiencing diversity challenges our kids' future in the global work force. It handicaps them from making America and the world more livable and just.

It was important for me to remind people that there's no formula... there's no boundary to R&B music.

I feel like it's important every once in a while to estrange ourselves from the familiar to remind ourselves of the potentialities of people, how many different ways there are of being.

I think all races are represented in America much more than in many other places, but it's also nice to remind people about that ethnic mix. I would like to see more black models and women from different ethnic backgrounds, but I also think that when you are casting, you just choose the most beautiful girl you can find.

I do realize the impulse to classify people by the food and art they consume is strong - sometimes I have to remind myself not to do that.

I often forget that I'm a little person. It's the physical environment and society that remind me.

I try to remind people that there are a lot of good people, all colors. Then there's some bad ones, too. But there's a lot of good people who really care.

It's important to remind and show kids that no matter what you look like, yeah, there's a place for every one of you.

I think it's important to be reminded that that's what this country is comprised of - people from other countries.