Quotes About Acceptance

Obviously God knew I wasn't going to make it to the NBA as much as I probably believed. This was divine order.

I've been turned down for a lot of TV because they didn't think there was a place for Divine on television.

I've been in so many bad movies and worked with so many bad directors that I go into a film expecting nothing.

Life doesn't always give us what we are expecting.

If you really love someone, you can't be angry if they don't love you the same way. You got to just love them because you love them, not because you're expecting anything back in return.

I've spent a lot of years confused. Am I straight? Am I bi? Is there something wrong with me that I'm not attracted to girls? Everyone's always expecting me to be gay. I'm like, 'No, I love men.'

I don't much mind being expelled from communities.

What's funny is funny. It doesn't matter what expense it's at. There are people who don't like that and I understand.

Such is my experience - not that I ever mourned the loss of a child, but that I consider myself as lost!

I've experienced Islamophobic stuff. But I don't care - you can say whatever you want to say about me, but I am who I am. I think that what I'm trying to fight for and what I'm performing for is bigger than any religion, race, creed, or class.

The only real shaming I've ever experienced has been from other gay people when I reveal my politics or my religion.

Things that you might be embarrassed to tell a group about yourself - honestly, that's probably what the majority of the group is experiencing are those things that you keep quiet in your heart.

I love to experiment, to push myself, and I want people to accept me in roles that I have never attempted before.

I don't want my kids to have to walk through a world where they have to constantly explain who they are and who their family is.

I'm drawn to people who look different. I'm not exploiting. I'm not making fun of them. I'm drawn to them.

There is no need to change my image. I like my image, and the audience likes it, too. I am very comfortable with the kind of roles I do, and as I am not doing the same character or playing myself. I explore my characters; I don't brood over my broody image.

I think it's good to explore it. I don't feel bad about that... I mean, I think everyone has a sense of - has a dark side, has a - carries some sort of pain with them. And I find it fun to crack it open and go there.

Each of us has our own crazy on the show. The show's called 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,' but we're going to explore the craziness of everyone on the show... That's one of the attributes of the show I love so much.

I don't think there is much left that I can explore as an actor.

Fat people aren't just fat people; they have so many layers to them, just like anybody else, that I think should be explored.

That's something I really like about 'Lone Star,' is that they allow my character to just be who he is, while also at other times exploring his trans experience and giving room for that as well.

My mom has always been very open, very liberal. So I grew up with that, and I can appreciate everything that she did and went through and was exposed to.

I didn't have the exposure. I didn't see gay people or hear about them. My family didn't know any. It wasn't something I thought was reality.

Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.