Quotes About Identity

We are Americans when we go to war, and when we return, we are Mexicans.

I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.

Cambodia is not only a country of war, but also a country of culture. It's in our DNA.

Ukraine told me I couldn't return. They put me on a list of terrorists and war criminals.

On the flip side, I enjoy covering the Arab world, I've spent my entire career here in the Middle East, but I would never call myself a war correspondent.

Most strikingly, 'World of Warcraft' allows you to live a veritable second life. Girls can pretend to be boys; boys can pretend to be girls; human accountants can pretend to be elven mages.

I have more friends in 'World of Warcraft' than I do in real life!

I was a ward of the state, initially, and then in the foster care system for quite some time, even though I did live part-time with my aunt in Brooklyn.

No man should have cowboys boots in his wardrobe. That's fair enough, isn't it? Unless you're a cowboy, of course.

I'm not one for wardrobe.

I am proud of being a Somali-American Muslim, and my wardrobe has been an important part of my religious and cultural upbringing.

A lot of people don't know that before 'American Idol,' before I got this Jonas Brothers wardrobe going on, I grew up with skinheads and punks who fought for a cause and didn't care about skin color. I was the only little gay.

I think it's cooler when girls have favorite pieces of clothing rather than an entirely new wardrobe every few months.

The wardrobe is always the last piece of the puzzle. When you step into the clothing, that's the final step to figuring out that character.

In every woman's wardrobe, there are certain accessories that cannot be separated from their back stories.

Using clothes to transform was a huge part of my childhood. But also, I've been acting forever, and wardrobe changes the way you feel, so it totally indicates the character you're going to play.

Even my basic, basic wardrobe is still pathetically colour coordinated. It just is. That is just me.

We want every woman to have something unique, a wardrobe she can really make her own.

I never set out to work on the concept of androgyny. For me, it was more about trying to find a wardrobe that would fundamentally appeal to both men and women: Trying to find the right shirt, the right jeans, the right trouser - but on different landscapes.

Anybody who works with me knows this: I always repeat wardrobe in my characters. We're trying to play real people.

Any character, for me, always comes together in the hair, makeup, and wardrobe. Shoes especially. For some reason, shoes really do it for me because they help me figure out how the character walks.

It's really important for me to not follow trends because I really like the idea that a wardrobe is something that's about you, it should represent who you are and how you dress.

Clothing enables people to self-express, and that's why variety, when it comes to our wardrobe, has become more and more important over time.

I think it always helps when you build a character, and then, you actually step into that character's wardrobe, something else happens. Another angle of the character comes to life.