Quotes About Diversity

I tell stories about people audiences might think they have nothing in common with, then they emotionally connect with them and find they're not different at all.

When you connect to someone on a human level, and you get to know about them, you can begin to love the things that make them different.

When you connect to someone on a human level, and you get to know about them, you can begin to love the things that make them different. That's when fear dissipates, and that's when we can live the life that we're all supposed to be living.

I want to keep an element of myself in every character I play. And maybe that's connected to finding something that you like in every character. Maybe they coincide.

As a kid, I always felt connected to Africa; it was something I was very proud of.

The internet was supposed to homogenize everyone by connecting us all. Instead what it's allowed is silos of interest.

I had to figure out that finding my place was not about race but about creativity, and connecting with other artists helped me find my voice.

I want a lot of people to see my movies. More black people. More white people. I want to make that connection.

I've always had a close connection to both rock and classical music.

What I love about film is that everybody often connects to something so different, and things you couldn't anticipate when you were making the film, so you just make it as honest as possible.

Some of the words that pop up on the show have had terrible connotations. But that's the beauty of 'Countdown.'

There are many people still ashamed of their roots because of the negative connotations that come with being an 'African.' That sentiment exists many places around the world - in England, in the U.S., everywhere.

Just look at 'K-pop' - who would've expected American fans to embrace it? It's really cool to be one of those artists who can break through the American market. I'm not trying to conquer America; I just want to make music and see if people like it.

I'm conscious of my race and ethnicity in the legislature - it's hard not to be.

It hasn't been a conscious thing, like, 'I don't want to listen to a bunch of dudes,' but I genuinely like music by women better.

That's something I've been conscious of and want to make true in all jobs I do. It's important we have women at the front and centre.

I started out mainstream and then literally made a conscious decision, like, 'I don't have that core black audience on my side.' And then I literally started looking for projects to get involved in.

It wasn't a conscious decision to be bold or anything. It all depends on how different artists envision me.

It is a conscious decision that I do films in different languages.

People don't know how to place me in their consciousness. They think, 'Oh, you must be here to make me look good. That's what gay guys are, right? You're an accessory for my straight life.' Just because your limited view is that everyone's there to serve you and that you're the only person in the world. It doesn't work that way.

America is a place where we all come together. It is a place of consensus.

I have nothing against conservative people putting out conservative commentary or doing conservative broadcasting, or liberal people doing liberal broadcasting, or conservative blogs or liberal blogs.

There are conservative people in all colours in America.

My mother didn't set out to surround us with white students or colleagues. My mother just sought a quality education. People have these expectations of who they think you should be. And I say it's because they don't really understand Malcolm X - or his wife.