Quotes About Culture

If I was money-motivated, I wouldn't have joined a rock band with three other Armenian guys.

Before I joined the BBC I was, like most of the intelligentsia, prejudiced not only against that institution but against broadcasting in general.

Richie Rich, Keoki, Amanda LaPore are really successful. They've joined the culture at large.

When I first joined the army, I felt I had to be part of the alpha male culture. But I didn't.

When a player joins Real Madrid's first team, they're often under pressure to be an instant success. By joining Castilla, I had the chance to understand the club and get to know the players, the culture, the country and the language.

I am not too interested in leaving the street people and joining the Establishment. I prefer street folks.

Gangs are a part of living in Los Angeles, but you can exist in Inglewood or Culver City or anywhere else, without joining one.

I can't stand it when restaurants don't have a sense of place in a city. When I'm in London, I want to know I'm in London. When you're sitting in my joint, you know you're sitting in Seattle.

I grew up in a joint family.

What I love about Brooklyn is there are more wonderful little joints than anywhere.

In some cities, McDonald's rules, but Seattle is ruled by teriyaki joints.

Food is my big connect to Old City, and I discovered the culture and history of the city by exploring food joints.

Being raised Catholic myself, I think people who are Catholic tend to carry a lot of guilt. It's almost a joke.

He who does not understand a joke, he does not understand Danish.

I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.

I used to joke for years that I was a black man. I adopted the black culture, the black race. I married a black woman, and I had black kids. I always considered myself a 'brother.'

I always joke that I'm a British actress trying to break into Scandinavian TV.

What I've said before, only half in joke, is that everybody in Ireland is famous. Or, maybe better, say everybody is familiar.

If people get their feelings hurt from jokes, then they are too delicate to be in society.

I've just never been a person that was political or religiously savvy. Except for the fact that I was born Jewish. That gives me 10 circumcision jokes.

I know for myself, every now and again on HBO, they'll show some of the young comedian specials from the '80s and early '90s, and it's just fascinating to watch those comedians - some of whom are people that are world-famous, like Chris Rock or Judd Apatow - to see the jokes that people had, but also, the way everything looked.

I always wanted to let people know I was Filipino, but I didn't want to go up on stage and make it so you wouldn't understand my jokes because you're white or black. I always wanted to let people know I was Filipino through my mom. That was always my goal. That way, everyone got it. You don't have to be Filipino to understand my mom.

I think everyone wants to know why I look like this. These jokes I make about looking Chinese... My mother's from Hungary and my dad was from Canada. There's a lot of immigration in my past.

Don't make jokes about food.