Quotes About Diversity

'Precious' is so not P.C. What I learned from doing the film is that even though I am black, I'm prejudiced. I'm prejudiced against people who are darker than me.

That's the gift 'Precious' has given me. You really think you're telling a story about a fat black girl, and only fat black girls will understand it, and then you realize we're all Precious.

There are not enough going into production so that we can tout them. Look at 'Precious'... In order for them to stand out, they have to get made in the first place, and that's just not happening enough.

I hope there is a place for me in the country landscape, but I'm not too precious about it, either.

The charge of being ambiguous and indefinite may be brought against every human composition, and necessarily arises from the imperfection of language. Perhaps no two men will express the same sentiment in the same manner and by the same words; neither do they connect precisely the same ideas with the same words.

Every so often, progress on race and religion occur precisely because an issue surfaces.

I write a lot about race precisely because I don't believe it's real.

Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.

So much good music has been looked over because of preconceived notions of genre.

There's a lot of preconceived ideas of what disability is, what a disabled person should be like, and I try to throw that in your face.

If there was just music without any genres, then people would look at a lot of things afresh, and approach a record without any preconceptions.

We've played so many places where, if you asked people, 'Do you like jazz?' they would be like, 'Not at all.' But I think that if you're really putting yourself out there and really communicating, music can put you beyond people's preconceptions, beyond their playlist.

I went out of my way to play games I didn't like or find interesting. Those ended up being a lot more informative for me. At home, I have literally thousands of games, and I think of them as pearls of wisdom from my predecessors.

I've always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.

I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.

Predictability is the cousin of death: I don't necessarily want people to see me coming. You know?

I'm not a predictable black liberal.

It's perfectly O.K. to not be completely predictable. I am a person, and I have individual opinions that may not line up ideologically.

A good deal of my effort goes into the selection of films, because these things cannot be just predicted, so I am careful about the movies I finally do. Next year, too, I will have four or five films where I play different roles.

We did a black 'Julius Caesar' in which the predominant accent was Caribbean. This offends many people, you know. I also had a Chinese Marc Anthony. I also managed - this caused a great shock - I also got some white guys in it as well!

As the coding movement continues to grow, the common narrative of the white male geek as the predominant influencer on geek culture will erode.

I think that, by and large, the predominant voice we hear in rock music is a white male voice.

I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it is not male parts, but male brains that I prefer.

I prefer people to see me as an Ivorian and as a patriot.