Quotes About Diversity

When I was growing up, anyone who wasn't white was black. It meant all of us. Though when I was at university, we started to be called Asians.

Sometimes, we want Asians in the media, but we don't want them to talk about being Asian. For me, that's interesting because I'm from Asia. If you want me to be on television but I can't be Asian, I'm not being true to myself.

I want people to understand that there are Asians born with the crease I had surgically done to my eyes, so the goal was never to look less Asian.

I just feel like, especially after 'Crazy Rich Asians,' gentrification isn't affecting art. I am actually more inspired by art now than ever.

I never thought an opportunity like 'Crazy Rich Asians' would ever come my way.

I feel like there's this need that the Asian-American community has to feel like people. It's something that Asians in Asia do not understand about us.

Everybody does things well in their own aspect. We're all different. We all have our plusses and minuses.

I want to live all aspects of my life, not just acting.

It's kind of cool to see the different aspects of American culture on different college communities.

I had to prove that I could understand other aspects of human beings and not just little fat girls.

I don't completely understand why people in Aspen want to hear what I have to say.

It does not matter what is the background of actors as long as they fit the role assigned to them.

I try to not be or associate with elitists.

I feel like people assume if a character is very different than you, that means it's difficult to get into their head or into their skin.

If I were to say that I grew up in East Los Angeles in the projects, poor, I assumed that everybody understood that it came with its own reasons for being the way I am. I didn't get that people needed to understand where my comedy came from; I thought that they knew that.

Since I worked with Prince, people assumed that I was black.

I've read in a couple stories that I was raised Episcopalian, but that's not true. I think that's just people assuming things. In some ways, I wish I was raised Episcopalian. I was kind of raised hodgepodge.

I like the fact that, as an actor, one day I can be the president. I can be an astronaut.

But in America, if you're an atheist, you lose.

Whether they are Jewish, Muslim, Christian, or atheist, everybody has a place in this society.

There are people who try to get atheists to form a sort of atheist church and have atheist community singsongs and things. I don't see the need for that, but if people want to do it, why shouldn't they?

Even atheists and agnostics - and I'm an agnostic - can respond with respect to the cultural infiltration of religion into our everyday lives.

I really didn't have one particular athlete I liked growing up.

The ESPYS are about appreciating moments in sports and not looking down on it because it's maybe not your favorite athlete or your favorite team.