Quotes About Inclusion

I go to castings and see several black and Asian girls, then I get to the show and look around there's just me and maybe one other coloured face.

In order to talk about what I really want to talk about, people have to know that my sexuality is a part of that.

Maybe my job on this planet is to make the Asian accent sexy.

At my school, Shakespeare wasn't on the syllabus - at least not for me.

I've worked in predominately male sets my entire life. Shakespeare? Let's talk about that.

People are embracing the thing that made them different growing up instead of letting that thing elicit shame.

The Internet can help you come out of your shell and gives you a chance to make friends who have the same passion as you, it's a real community.

As actors and directors, I feel like our job, more so than anything else, is to shine a light on a subject and to let people know that they're not alone.

My work as a whole is about excavating and shining a light on pieces of history that not only need to be seen and heard, but that can also add to the conversation about what's going on now.

If someone were to come from another planet and see the world through movies, they'd think that the world was populated by white men in their 30s who shoot a lot.

When you place art in the shops, it's a way to make it more accessible.

In my family, I'm short.

Why should your background be held against you? It is so short-sighted.

Everyone must have a shot at the American Dream.

I think it's really important to show people that there's nothing different about us; especially as athletes - we train as hard as the Olympians.

I feel like it's important for young African-American girls - and all people - to read books that tell our stories and watch movies that tell our stories and do the research on our own, too, because sometimes that's not being told, and we're not being seen and shown.

Anybody who shows love for my kid, I got love for.

It is important to raise Autism Awareness, not only in April, but year round.

What we do is not easy. And if someone like Ronda Rousey wants to come and be a part of what we do, and that's her passion? That's awesome.

It's awesome to be part of a gay family.

When I call myself an affirmative action baby, I'm talking about the essence of what affirmative action was when it started.

My earliest memories were when my mom would put me in the plays that she was in because she couldn't afford a babysitter... she was part of this theater group.

I think we need a Muslim 'Bachelor' or 'Bachelorette.' I think that's what would be the great equalizer, and that would change everything.

I'm of Arab background.