Quotes About Diversity

We're fortunate in my family because we really have three families: my brother, David, and me; the two boys, Cooper and Marston, from my dad's second marriage; and my dad's wife, Crystal.

My dream role? I think to play Sammy Davis Jr. and his life story.

I believe that we have to be so race-conscious in this day and age.

I want to make it very clear from day one that we are a government for everyone.

I've always wanted to be in comedy... growing up with Asian parents and not seeing yourself represented in media - it was always just a daydream.

I love daytime television.

India has in fact raced ahead, in ways that are more dazzling and more confusing than America is.

You know the way there are two kinds of actors - the De Niro kind who's always De Niro, and then somebody like Daniel Day-Lewis, who transforms himself eerily? Well, I aim to be the Daniel Day-Lewis kind of writer. I don't have a house style.

I want to be an Asian Robert De Niro.

In terms of actors and roles that I want to do in the future, most of those have been played by men. I mean Robert De Niro is my favorite actor of all time. That's the thing, it's not a woman, it's a guy.

I think country music is Lynyrd Skynyrd. I think a lot of the country music is what we do, but I don't think rock & roll is dead at all.

At some point we have to stop and say, There's Marlee, not, There's the deaf actress.

I was raised by a single black deaf woman, so I am as independent as they come.

Right after college, I was trying to figure out what to do. Teach? Act? Model? Do PR for the deaf community? And now I'm doing all I dreamed of and more.

Before working with Deaf West, I had never met a deaf person, and now I can't imagine life without ASL.

I was very shy. I didn't really hang around with hearing people very much. Mostly I had deaf friends.

Growing up, I never thought about becoming an actress because I never saw deaf people in TV or movies. I didn't think it was possible.

I'm really excited to educate the world about what deaf people can do.

I think we really do need deaf people out there writing their own shows.

People who are different are constantly dealing with families who don't understand them.

The deals that were made for Black artists at that time were not the deals that were made for white artists.

The strength of 'Small Island' is the fact that it deals with heavy issues in a way that is appealing to watch, and it's a story that people can relate to no matter what colour you are.

Honestly, when I was a boy and I was out as a gay boy, I never really dealt with anyone bullying me or anything like that.

Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others.