Quotes About Diversity

I just love dialects; they're really fun.

I've always been fascinated by dialects and accents. In fact, I've rarely played straight English parts. I play character parts - and always will.

That's what art is about: to create dialogue. Everybody deserves to have their own opinion.

The issue with race particularly within this country is largely because of lack of dialogue.

Changing the dialogue and behaviors around race and equality in sports starts with removing barriers and creating opportunities.

I want people to have conversations, to have controversy because it creates dialogue and builds bridges.

'Color-blind' comes up - people say 'Oh, I'm color-blind and therefore can't be accused of racism,' but I think that if we are going to have an honest dialogue about racism, we have to admit that people of color are having a different experience.

When I put on a dress, people have a lot of questions to ask, so I like putting on a dress just to get people to ask those questions and open up a dialogue.

We're trying to get away from the three D's: dresses, dolls and diaries.

White America don't get to dictate how me and Shaq talk to each other.

There's a belonging problem in Hollywood. Who dictates who belongs? The very body who dictates that looks all one way.

San Diego is the best city in the world.

I am from San Diego, and I went to college in Boston, so I have seen the opposite coasts.

Government cannot ensure equal results because every individual differs.

In a large country like the United States or India, families differ significantly on their own education values, and I don't believe it is necessary to put everyone through the same curricula and assessments.

I believe in the right to differ in this country.

I believe the right to differ in this country is being taken away.

I feel as much British as I do American. There's not much difference between our countries.

I've used some of my differences as a way to stand out and to hopefully count and matter - and hopefully create an opportunity for others.

Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.

I enjoyed living abroad. I enjoyed the differences as much as anything.

I don't like to talk too much about differences between managers.

If we don't change this world and look inside our differences inside of us, we gonna bring this world back to a hard point.

At the end of the day, people have to respect people's differences. I am different than some people would like me to be.