Quotes About Diversity

I believe black characters in fiction are still revolutionary, given our long history of erasure.

I've been lucky enough to meet a lot of fantastic people, from royalty to rock stars. I've also been known to be a bit of a daredevil, so I've tried to explore extreme travel and adventure - scuba-diving in an arctic glacier and camping in the Himalayas.

I've often been asked, 'aren't you going to sing in English?' So I'm very glad to have a song in English.

I'm glad I did South films because I feel they have moulded me. They are really loud and are in a different language, so it's not easy.

I am glad that people have become more accepting of female characters.

I don't think of myself as Scottish or lesbian when I sit down and write. I am glad I have broken out of that limited audience.

I think being the conventional beauty is limiting, so I'm glad I'm not that. If I looked different, I wouldn't have the great opportunities I've had.

I hadn't made up my mind whether I had to do Hollywood or Bollywood films because I loved both, and I grew up on both. So I am glad that Bollywood chose me.

I've read a lot of classic literature from assorted cultures, and always glad to read more when one comes across my path - but why be embarrassed by the fact that flesh and blood has limits? Nobody's read everything.

I believe that you should not be just raised on what the music is right then. You should be raised on what is from your past, what your parents have grown up with, because it's a really big piece of your culture that you need to know about, and I'm glad my mother has done that for me.

I want to do glam roles, too. I don't want to restrict myself when it comes to doing good cinema.

With 'Gold,' it was a very simple girl, and in 'Kabir Singh,' it's more of a glam role. That's my aim: I want to experiment as much as I can. These two are very small areas of experimentation.

The Huxtables laughed and bonded and debated and lip-synced. They were glamorous and simple and extraordinarily human. And affluent. And educated. And so many different kinds of black. You'd think that all of that would make them the Howard University of African-American family life. But white people wanted to matriculate, too.

I don't choose characters according to looks. I'm comfortable doing both glamorous and non-glamorous roles.

So far, I'm known for doing more commercial and glamorous roles. But I don't mind doing a short film.

I'm fortunate enough to pull off glamorous as well as strong, character-driven roles.

Just because I look a certain way, I was getting only those roles where I had to look hot and glamorous. And I kept rejecting them.

Apparently when I went to school, I had a Glasgow accent.

I don't really make films in Denmark. 'Bronson' was shot in Rottingham, 'Valhalla Rising' was made in Glasgow, and 'Drive' was made in Hollywood.

It's all right to have black captains and mixed-race in the under-18s and under-21s, but not for the full national side. There is a ceiling and although no one has ever said it, I believe it's made of glass.

BAME kids get discouraged - too many glass ceilings to break through.

I wasn't interested in football. It made me different. I wore glasses, had bad hair, a funny name, you name it.

You cannot overstate, I don't think, the impact of a show like 'Glee' on a generation.

The truth of the matter is, there were shows that depicted black characters that were on in the '90s, and they gave everybody a glimpse into the black experience. And then they disappeared.