Quotes About Diversity

They'll touch you and look at your skin to see if it's paint. I'm not playing. All Russia is not like that. You've got your big cities like Moscow, St. Petersburg. Some cities understand that there are black people. They do exist. But the smaller cities, the little villages, they've never seen it.

London is a series of villages, really. I like that.

Truly sports is a great unifier as our athletes come from villages and cities, north to south, from east to west.

I want to go play a villain or an action hero or a nice, light, romantic comedy or something. That would be good.

Kids always like the villain or the guy who's different.

The idea is to be different with every film, and I'm glad my mother and my brother, who were sitting besides me during the screening of 'Ek Villain,' forget it was me on screen after the first 15 minutes.

I do more of ensemble casting, roles that are different. In one film I'm playing a villain, in the other I'm playing a son.

I'm excited about 'Luke Cage' with Michael Colter, who plays Luke Cage. I play the villain, Cottonmouth. It takes place in Harlem. It'll just be amazing for people to get to see an African-American superhero, which there weren't any when I was growing up.

People often think I've played the villain more times than I have.

It was great to be able to play a hero in 'The Magnificent Seven' in a film industry where Asian actors are often limited to playing a villain.

I hope we can see African American characters as the diva, as the villain, and also as the praying mother. We are all of those things. We tended to only be the best friend or the neighbor in everybody's sitcom.

One woman who I think is great is Vidya Balan: her casting in 'The Dirty Picture' was very exciting. Let's break new grounds; let's think beyond the usual. Why can't a woman who plays a mother also play a lover, or why a lover can't play a villain?

I have no qualms about doing a character who may be below the lead in the pecking order, whether it's a hero or a villain or a comedian.

I do not like to label the characters I am doing or even myself as a particular type of actor. I try to do different kind of roles which are not the same 'hero' or 'villain' kind.

In Shoojit's films, there is no hero and villain. Every character has its own space and there is a social message in all of his films whether it is 'Vicky Donor' or 'Madras Cafe.'

I played every kind of role In Canada except that of a villain.

I've really enjoyed working with Brody King and PCO, and offering a different side of 'The Villain' to the audience.

I am no more solely counted for comic or villain roles, which comes more often in mainstream, masala films.

Disabled people used to be either the good person or the real evil villain. There's no way in between.

I think it would be a problem if Hollywood was casting British actors only as villains; if that were the case, then certainly there would be cause for concern.

Contrary to popular belief, I don't just play dreadful old villains.

The idea that all Israelis are villains is a childish idea. Israel is the most deeply divided, argumentative society. You'll never find two Israelis that agree with one another - it's hard to find even one who agrees with himself or herself.

I have played 50 different kinds of fathers and villains. Only mediocre actors play the part the same way.

I'm very proud that I can be myself. I'm not trying to be Arabic, I'm just being me, and I happen to be Arabic. I think that might be refreshing to some people, and it's a bit more realistic than these pantomime villains we've seen before.