Quotes About Diversity

I asked, 'What is this guy?' They said, he's part-fish, part-bird, maybe a bit of lizard, and you don't have to go through five hours of makeup to play him. That was good enough for me.

I just loved makeup. My mother loved it as well - and was obsessed by the fact that we couldn't find any makeup for dark skin.

I've lived my whole life exactly the way I've wanted to. Being gay, being white, being male, it doesn't matter to me. They're all things I'm born with.

Most of my friends are male. Men are more fun.

The brewing industry is a very, very male dominated industry. It's a male bastion.

I only became an actor to get your attention, to challenge the archetype of an African American male; I can't be anything else in this lifetime than an African American man.

It's not like every male comic you meet is funny. Like, a lot of them are not funny.

Being interested in science and engineering is not a male quality.

I think people now - you know, a lot of athletes have come out and said, I would definitely accept, you know, a gay male athlete in the locker room and on my team.

Asian males have not been appreciated for what they are. They have always been dissed for what they are not.

Religion is man-made. Every religion says my 'God is the best.'

We women manage to do many things at the same time. Men, no. Men do one thing at a time.

Any coach who's managed a big club in Argentina can manage anywhere.

When you're dealing with 25 men, all with different needs, some with egos, you need to manage that. If you can manage that group you get the best out of them.

I really am happy that I met my agency and my management company, because they see me as a person and not just a Latin woman.

I think every manager is different in their own way.

I've had five managers, and I've played with all of them.

Great managers recognize that there is no one way to manage. You may have to be 10 different managers to get the best out of your team.

A white manager loses his job and gets another job, he loses his job, he gets another job. Very few black managers can lose their job and get another job.

Young English managers don't get enough time, young black managers aren't given enough time, there are a lot of reasons why.

There is a misconception over whether black ex-players can make successful managers.

The way I play, some managers are going to like me, some managers are not going to like me.

When I started, there were very few women at the managing director level and very few who had families, which is something that was important to me. So it's not like, when I looked up, I could say, 'Well, that's who I want to be.'

Managing people is no different wherever you are.