Quotes About Diversity

I'm an actor; I want to play roles, not a role.

I love acting, so doing roles as a man or a woman would be something I'd love to do in the future.

I get to do interesting roles and make a living.

All the roles I play, I don't see any of my roles in films that they're typically leading men.

What I want to do is play roles as a black man, instead of playing black man's roles. You know?

You can't say that we need to give women more roles, and then when we do, say that they're only there because men want to look at them.

I don't want to play only Latin women. I want to have roles in English.

There aren't a lot of roles written for women who are strong willed.

Every actor wants to be everybody - play all the roles.

All the roles are for boys. The girls' roles are either small or all the same. There's just nothing interesting.

Rock 'n' roll is much easier if you're white.

I realized there was racism because people thought, 'Oh, if you like roll 'n' roll, that makes you like a white kid.'

I've got to believe I'm the first person to win the Newbery who has written a Harlequin romance!

There are people out there who would enjoy my books but wouldn't pick them up because they think it's not going to be for them. I find it infuriating.There's a lot more going on in my books than just romance.

The audience always looks for a change. After a spate of action, and romance, now they want to laugh.

What I would not do is flaunt my Indianess by wearing a saree to work everyday, because it distracts from the job. So, I would not do that. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Social events are different. If I feel comfortable in a saree for a social event, I wear it.

You have to accommodate the rich and the new rich under the same roof.

Once I realized, when I became a plus-size model, that there were more women like me, my confidence immediately shot through the roof.

I have been in rooms with people arguing over a character that's not really fleshed out: that, just because the surname is Latino, that automatically means you have an accent.

Personally, I feel a strong responsibility to make sure that we have women equally represented in our executive suites and that we employ women in front of and behind the camera and in our writers' rooms.

I've worked with so many teams, so many dressing rooms.

I just knew I was different from everyone else. I still feel like that today, sitting in rooms with people.

Much of America rooted for Mr. Obama simply because he is black.

My roots go back to West Africa, but my last name is Kirby, which is not an African name.