Quotes About Culture

I have a shot a lot of movies in Dubai.

All the time, there was the weight of my community's expectations on my shoulders.

When I walk down the street, even here in the U.S., they are always saying my catchphrases of my characters, and they shout at me with my catchphrases.

Showbiz is just there to give people something to talk about.

I love the affection that people in Gujarat shower artists with.

Actually all artists love Gujarat because Gujaratis shower respect and a lot of love on them.

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.

Well, I think by and large, certainly in terms of cinema, American culture dominates our cinema, mainly in the films that are shown in the multiplexes but also in the way that it has a magnetic effect on British films.

The pictures I appear in are shown in school rooms all over the country.

I'm happy to be associated with the Times Thyagaraja Awards, which takes Carnatic music to the young generation.

When fans say 'Bala,' that's cultural awareness to me. I hope I've helped open up their world a little.

We are ambassadors of American style, but we're in awe of British style.

Why do we think the '70s were so awesome? That 'freeness' of music was there.

Living in London is awesome.

It's awesome, I tell everyone that the U.K. is one of my favourite places to go.

I'm actually embarrassed to tell people I'm Russian these days, because it's become such an awful place.

In England we are sort of very awkward.

When we look back at the Mayans or ancient Egypt, we look at their art.

Definitely, India is a male-dominated country. Our films and society are also male-dominated and will always be. But its backbone will always be women because women give strength.

I'm Greek-American, and I come from an immigrant-type background, and Greek-American parents want you to be a doctor or a lawyer. Because that's how you make money, and it's very respectable.

My background is Scottish.

I'm of Arab background.

Dance is in my background.

When I lived in Egypt, we always wore kaftans. I had cashmere kaftans from Halston. You put on a kaftan in your backyard, and it's like you're in Ibiza.