Quotes About Diversity

I went to America to get away from constantly being cast in costume dramas, playing posh people.

I have friends who are in the posh category and some who are in the not-at-all-posh category, and some who you would find it very hard to get any sort of handle on. But I am lucky to have any friends, of course.

I'm finding a lot of actors my age now who are a bit more like me, and not as posh or brought up in a certain way. There's now people of all sorts of kinds of backgrounds.

We don't have 'posh' in Canada. It's just not a thing that exists.

Basically the real decision making in the Labour party is old white men, assisted by young, posh men.

I was always told at school I was posh, then I came to London, and here I'm told I have a country accent.

People assume I'm posh because I'm one of the acting dames. I grew up in Tottenham and didn't used to speak like I do now.

I do want people to think of me as an actor, not just a posh actor who does posh parts.

I think I have got quite a posh Scottish accent. It's funny because I grew up in Oxgangs and Fife.

The first time I ever met posh people was when I went to Manchester University to study drama, but I couldn't care less about people's backgrounds - it's all down to the individual.

I am used to being politically homeless, which I think is a very, very Jewish position.

I'm not interested in people positioning me next to other artists.

The more positions I can play, it gives the manager a nice headache, and it can be helpful for him.

Disagreement on issues doesn't mean 'dissension.' All it means is that honest men can differ in their approach. You lay out your positions, and president makes a decision.

I was seeing people of color growing up in my media. I was seeing them in positions of power.

In modern day football, you've got to play in different positions. I've played in numerous positions, apart from centre-back and goalkeeper, I think.

I have been playing in different positions and I keep growing.

I'm an advocate for women to become more aware of the different positions in the music industry.

There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other.

America has a black president, but there are no black studio heads, and there just aren't that many black people working anywhere on film sets, let alone in positions of power in Hollywood. That's what needs to change.

Men need to hire more women and put them in higher positions of power within organizations.

Great broadcasting requires all of us, those who are in positions of power and especially those who are in positions to employ people, to remember you need to look towards the greatest conceivable palate to create greatness.

We know that companies which have more women in leadership positions have a better performance.

I think diversity and having women and people of color in key positions is really important.