Quotes About Acceptance

For the first time I tried to involve an important social message about transgenders in the horror comedy genre.

Sometimes being your most authentic self involves accepting others for who they are.

I was six years old before I realized that there was something wrong with me... But I did have this crooked left leg, and my left foot was turned inward.

I grew up in an area of Ireland where there weren't many black or mixed-race children. But I never had any hassle; maybe I've blocked it out, but I don't think so.

Around the world, people look to Ireland as a country where it doesn't matter where you come from but where you want to go.

I couldn't fit in the Irish community in New York. I was never one of the boys because they would talk about baseball or basketball, and I knew nothing about it.

I had quite a scattered childhood. I was Irish in London, because I had my secondary school education there. I never really fitted anywhere. I didn't feel it was a negative thing, and I was never made to feel different - I just knew I was.

I don't think Ireland has really embraced me, but it is not really for me to say. Obviously, people shouldn't embrace me just because I'm Irish, but it is where I'm from. I'm extremely proud to be Irish.

Almost every day, someone asks if I ever flat iron my hair. I say, 'No, because I'm afraid it wouldn't look good and wouldn't come back curly.'

I've loved men that wear un-ironed clothes, it doesn't make me fall out of love. When you love someone, you should see beyond their image. It just makes me want to iron their shirt. But once you love a person, they could wear a garbage bag!

I don't embrace irony, but I do think it's a pre-existing condition; we manage it as best we can.

The irony of what I do is that the more you reveal someone in their frailties and shortcomings, the more we feel drawn to them and forgiving we feel of them.

My sexuality is irrelevant.

Gender is irrelevant, and if you love somebody, you love somebody.

I am attracted to people irrespective of their gender.

People are ready to take good actors, irrespective of whether he is a TV actor or a filmstar.

I have been doing Bollywood movies for a while, but my fans back home are always with me. They support me irrespective of whether I am working in a Bengali or a Hindi movie.

Government should give citizenship to anyone irrespective of religion.

I have moles and freckles, and they irritate me. They are an insecurity of mine, and I wish I could have clear, beautiful skin.

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

You're not alone if you have skin problems or if makeup is irritating you.

I've not experienced racism from other players. Not once. You experience ignorance but that's not the same at all, and I'm always happy to discuss things. If that helps people learn about Islam, to learn there's nothing to fear, then great, that's all part of my role.

Growing up as an Asian American in this society, there were a lot of times where you feel isolated or out of place as an Asian. And growing up in White America, that's absolutely my experience. And I think that's why I got into acting because I wanted to be anybody else but Asian.

In my early years, I couldn't find a community. I couldn't find anybody like me. I felt so isolated. There was nothing but shame and loneliness.