Quotes About Inclusion

I've always felt that 'X-Men' was about something serious. It wasn't just fantasy.

My father had a dairy farm. He employed three black families and one white family, and I used to play with black children.

I don't believe that fashion should exclude people - I have always been about making it accessible to everyone.

The fashion world has become a lot more embracing of me since I became an actress.

The fashion industry needs to breed a whole different way of thinking. We need more diverse people working in all facets of the industry.

I think the fashion industry is limitless. Not everyone sees me as being part of their vision. But the people that have seen me, some of them have seen things in me that I hadn't even seen in myself.

Football is multigenerational. It used to be about fathers taking their sons. Now we're taking our daughters, too.

Once upon a time, there was a boy who didn't like himself very much. It was not his fault. He was born with cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is something that happens to the brain. It means that you can think but sometimes can't walk, or even talk.

I'm not in favor of any discrimination of any form.

It's equal opportunity for all, and we don't play favourites.

It's not diversity that is going to destroy us, but fear of diversity.

The first director who ever allowed me to shoot a film for him was a male. He was a gay male. My first feature also came from him. I worked for a lot of dudes at NYU.

I think, for all trans people, it's not our only defining feature, but it is a defining feature.

I have been very fortunate to play parts that have not been just, 'Oh, you need a fat person to play this part.' It's been a secondary thing or we made a feature of it.

I want to see different faces on the covers of magazines, the stars of movies, featured on billboards.

Without a conscious effort, all of my plays have all featured gay characters. I'm proud of that.

I think it's important to have as diverse of a feed as possible.

We all feel good to be wanted.

The gift I have to give to my fellow countrymen and people around the world, the facts are the Muslim community are our gift. They are the fabric of what makes America great.

It is essential to understand your fellow actors in order to naturally fit in with them.

As you watch 'Documented' on CNN, I ask you, my fellow Americans: What do you want to do with me? What do you want to do with us? How do you define American?

I never really felt I belonged; there was always a sense of apartness. At school, I was the cricketer.

It's interesting that female artists are underrepresented in exhibitions. That may be down to the fact that the people in power in the art world are men.

I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting.