Quotes About Diversity

For me, it's easier to like more things than to dislike them; I'm not a critic in that sense. I find it easier to like more, to be more open and enjoy more things, which has given me more opportunities.

I really dislike the fact that Asian males are constantly emasculated, whether it's American TV or films. You see it all the time, and it's so weird that they don't see sexuality in Asian men.

I feel it's a lot easier to hate or dislike someone that you see as different. It is a lot harder to hate them when you see they are just the exact same as you.

Everyone is different, and I would rather be disliked for who I am than liked for who I am not.

Our pop cultural likes and dislikes are still very segregated, and that is not true of 'Billy on the Street.'

I think a lot of the time, comic art is dismissed as... not art, and comic writing is dismissed as not literature.

I have so many aspirations and interests that would not fit within the Disney brand. I need to make sure I'm engaging those proclivities as well.

I wasn't a kid trying to become famous. I wasn't a part of any Disney Channel wheelhouse. I was basically a black kid whose parents put him into the business so he could go to college.

I listen to every type of music there is, and I also have a little girl, so I listen to ultra-fun Disney stars' music as well.

Pay disparity has always been there.

I'm comfortable in my body and I don't mind putting it on display. Honestly, I like how unique it is. My big arms, my bigger hands, these long legs - I love being different.

We can't disrespect people for having a different opinion.

I've been fortunate enough to work with lots of really good players, so it would be disrespectful to single out the best.

I think that black people making art, women making art, and certainly black women making art is a disruptive endeavor - and it's one that I enjoy extremely.

Discussion in America means dissent.

I've probably done myself a disservice as a brand because the movies I've made. They've all been completely different.

There are distinct categories of consumers, each of which needs to be addressed in a different way.

I've seen a lot of people come out of Carol City, but I had this distinct vision for Carol City, just me coming out of there, because my music is so different from anybody else who came out of there.

For me, if its television, if it's theater, if it's film, and it's good, I don't make much of distinction between the 3. I think there's only so many great stories out there. If you get the chance to be a part of one, it doesn't matter what it is.

I don't like class distinction, and there is far too much of that in England.

I try to distinguish my characters from each other.

I can't do too much of one thing, or I get very distracted.

I am of Russian-Jewish distraction.

The majority of people are straight, and movies, with their bigger budgets and burdensome marketing costs, will try to appeal to as many people as they can. As the means of production and distribution become more democratized with advances in technology, more gay stories will make their way to the mainstream.