Quotes About Diversity

It's difficult to explain a giraffe to a Bolivian who lives on the Altiplano. But when they see one, I think they'll like it.

Boys and girls are not the same.

I want to be that Latin girl doing big things around the world.

I have never been a girlie girl and have always been a boys' girl with an equal amount of friends who were boys and girls.

I'm a curry and rice girl.

We like to say we hope to be like the Girl Scouts of technology, having many different chapters in many different states as well as many different countries.

I have one good girlfriend and then most of my friends are guys. Which I love, because they're just like so easygoing and I love to play like Xbox and just chill out when I'm not working, so boys are probably the way to go for me.

I was maybe one of two black kids in the drama department. It was, 'Well, you can't play this role because that guy has a white girlfriend or a white cousin or whatever.'

Far too often, I read a script where the girls are the girlfriend or the set dressing.

I was always looking for the female characters in sci-fi and fantasy who were more than just the girlfriend.

Nobody is in their right to tell anybody how to spend their free time. If you like to spend it with your family or your kids, fantastic. If you want to spend it with your girlfriend, great. If you want to spend it doing charitable work, great. If you want to spend it through endorsements and marketing stuff, great.

I have a lot of good girlfriends that I really love, but you know, most of my close friends are men.

I love women, and I have a lot of really close girlfriends, but I'm not one of those women who's like, 'Ew - that's boy stuff.'

Black girls can make the best girlfriends.

I've had past boyfriends and a couple girlfriends.

I wouldn't wish to go 'I am this or I am tha'because at some time in my life, yes I've had girlfriends, but I might fall in love with a man.

Now that we're seeing that you can be a really masculine football player and a homosexual, you can be a really girly boy who likes to dress in women's clothes, I think that it's just been adding to the whole discussion about homosexuality and society.

I get the male thing. I like being that for a woman. But I also like being a woman, too. I like being girly.

I'm not a girly girl, never have been. I really admire those who love to frock up.

I've had girls say that because of watching me, they're playing sports. And it wasn't just basketball all the time. I definitely feel like I'm helping the girls get out there and want to play. Especially with my style - it's not always 'girly.' I'm showing they can go out there and hang with the boys.

'Give me your poor.' It didn't say, 'Give me your poor who can afford a $680 citizenship.' If I had my way, it would be free. If I had my way, the state would subsidize every eligible application, period.

I think most actors go into the business thinking, 'I can play everything. Why can't I play a black woman? Just give me a chance.' Then you grow up and realize it's probably better that they cast an actual black woman.

I want to shoot some indies, some independent features that give me some space to play a little bit.

My Chicago is beautiful and diverse. It was able to give me all parts of the world all in one.