Quotes About Diversity

I'd work to make it hip again to spend time in our fabled and fabulous land. But with a Puerto Rican father and a Jewish mother, I would probably be better suited as mayor of New York.

I'm so proud to have work in this movie, "Brokeback Mountain," a movie that once again shows us that love is what makes us all very similar in spite that we can be so different, too.

I just continue to be kind of disappointed that people don't realize that and try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics.

Artists with a capital 'A' are at ease working in all areas of art, whether it is a contemporary abstract painting or work requiring methods and techniques of the Renaissance Masters.

In the days and months I spent walking through the various communities of this city, I found that Chicago did not work for everyone, however.

Especially now when views are becoming more polarized, we must work to understand each other across political, religious and national boundaries.

I will work to bring peace to everyone - whatever economic level - as long as you are Haitian.

It's always good I think in general to have different energies on screen, like it's nice to have different characters go at different speeds, just like different people work at different speeds.

I've learned that people latch onto labels and stereotypes. There was a period when I was asked in every single interview how I liked being the new Frank Sinatra... I think people will soon realize that I do a lot more than interpret old songs.

At the end of the day, I'm a human being and I just think that's what it is. Challenging stereotypes by just being who I am.

I believe in civility, inclusion and diversity. I believe that everybody can contribute. I don't believe in labelling and stereotypes. These things are the antithesis of what I believe in and go against everything I love in America. And I do love America.

I feel like I'm here to bust those misconceptions and stereotypes of Muslim women.

Who said that being Latino is to be a stereotype? Characters are stereotypes when making plans or without shades. I do not believe in the picture or model established in the movies.

I love breaking stereotypes.

Every quirky girl doesn't have to be the best-friend character. It's a very limiting and self-fulfilling prophecy. People only write things that will get green-lit, so they write to those stereotypes.

Stereotypes start somewhere. There's different sides to all of us.

There would always be scripts that came along that I turned down, like Gang Member #5 - roles that were just stereotypes.

We put stereotypes on ourselves. Everybody does that. But I think it's just a little harder for black kids to just be who they are.

Experiences with friends or family members coming out have helped millions of Americans to see past stereotypes and better understand what being gay is - and is not.

I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.

Coming out of college into the draft, being Asian-American and being from Harvard, that's not going to be an advantage because of stereotypes.

As an Italian-American, I have a special responsibility to be sensitive to ethnic stereotypes.

I don't believe in stereotypes. Most of the time, stereotypes are just that.

Many black youths are defying stereotypes, achieving good academic results, finding employment and contributing to their communities. But helping those who fall behind is not an exercise in political correctness, it is a precisely what a compassionate - and sensible - state should concern itself with.