Quotes About Diversity

My mother has always been a proponent of equality on the screen.

I believe in equality.

Music is the great equalizer.

Not everyone is as equally as adventurous as me. I get that.

The more we can treat people equally, the more likely they are to treat each other equally.

I'm very proud of the fact that the women on 'The Americans' are written to be equally complex as the men.

I said that my parents had come from India. They thought America was a place where people were treated equally, and their kids would have an amazing life.

We've got to be able to get to a point where we represent everybody equally.

We know COVID-19 hasn't affected communities equally.

All black art, post-slavery, has always tried to prove in its own way that a black life is the equivalent of anyone else's.

The stories I always see about a first-generation kid trying to erase where they came from, or trying to just be white, I would watch those shows or movies and I was like, 'I don't get this.' This isn't how I feel.

Nobody's going to erase mine or anyone's existence.

If WCW and Eric Bischoff hadn't brought in the cruiserweights, I don't think the company would have ever gotten to where it was.

For some people, it's impossible to escape binaries.

'Drag Race' is the escape that everybody needs - gay, straight, or otherwise.

Some of the most racist things that I've ever heard come out of people that are on the air at ESPN. There are some of the biggest racists in sports commentating, and you take it for what it is.

For some reason, I don't like the term 'model-turned-actress' - which is what I am, essentially.

All are essentially equal in the eyes of God.

By and large, the theatre establishment is run by a white majority.

Freedom of establishment is the freedom to work in all of Europe.

My dad was in the army. We used to travel a lot, to different cities, because of his postings. I've lived in Chennai, Srinagar, Assam, etc.

I couldn't be more American if I tried. I was born in Ethiopia, but I was raised and educated as an American.

I would get a lot of roles for the ethnic friend and then I would go in for that and not be ethnic enough. They wanted an Indian accent. They wanted something more very visually, clearly specific.

The only thing that said 'Lando Calrissian' was ethnic was his looks.