Quotes About Diversity

I believe it's important to have equal opportunities as a black actor. My way of fighting for it is through my art, by not accepting that there are roles that aren't for me.

I feel like it has been a journey throughout the years to be accepting of my culture - I always felt different and not as accepting of it.

I believe that society needs to be more open and accepting of things that are seen as 'different.'

If you happen to be in an environment where people are not accepting of who you are, you just need to know that's not always the way it will be.

I want people to be more accepting.

It's a common issue that you see out there, where some families aren't as accepting of what people choose to be in their life.

The industry has always been accepting of gay artists, but a particular thing for me is to see gay artists of color.

L.A. is the most accepting city I've ever been in.

As a woman, you're not accessible to every world.

Football should be accessible to every child, regardless of ability or background.

My very first account was @BlackBarbie, which is what my friends called me growing up. Then I thought, 'You can either call yourself that, or you can find something that will matter to dark-skinned girls.' So I came up with @melaniin.goddess.

Homosexuality is a way of life that I've grown accustomed to.

I think it's really important to acknowledge that gay men and straight men can be friends.

People don't want to always see a comedy or an action film. If the film in a particular genre is made well, then it will see its share of success.

There's a lot of racism still alive and still active.

The most exciting thing I've seen is directors not only being open to actors coming in the room with different abilities but actively looking at ways that the story can be enlarged with disabled actors.

I come from a space where I wouldn't say all, but most of the films have really shortchanged women. I don't mean just the actresses, even just depicting us in that culture.

There are a lot of good actresses out there.

I don't want everyone to think I'm just the girl who acts.

Whatever role I get told to play, I just have to adapt to it and play.

Latinas who come to the U.S. should adapt, learn English and become a part of the community.

If you love women, and you want to sing about love, don't feel the need to say 'he.' Don't feel the need to adapt to the society or the culture.

You never know for sure whether a player will adapt to a new country until he gets there.

I think when you move to a country like the U.S., you need to understand the culture, to understand how people see the game, and adapt yourself.