Quotes About Identity

I think a lot of what I've done is about people feeling as if they are part of the world but also not part of it at the same time. I don't know whether that's from being a gay kid, but I definitely think that resonates with me.

When I was growing up, I always saw Karen Millen as a resource for women who were a bit older.

Sometimes you feel like the only resource you have is your body or your looks.

America wants its respect.

Autobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying.

I don't think grime has ever been respected; it's not seen as a nice sound.

I feel like a celebrity is someone who sits and takes pictures with people 'cause they love themselves and how they look and how people look at them. But I just want to be regular and respected for my artistry because music doesn't necessarily have a face.

I think what people respond to is someone being who they actually are.

In the press, there's this desire for the black audience to be this monolithic thing that always responds to the same stars. That's a really reductive way of looking at the black audience.

As an actor, it's exciting to play a role that's so far from what you are and to have people respond to it like a real human being!

Now if anyone calls me Anthony, I usually don't respond.

I am very different to how people think I am. It's the characters I play that they are responding to.

If your response to the first black president is to say they weren't born in this country... you might be a white supremacist.

Each city should have its own type of restaurant.

The personality of a restaurant is very important.

I'm not trying to be anything other than myself. I appreciate any type of restaurant or cooking, and the main goal is to just be ourselves.

I do not want to be restricted to a particular image.

If you want to retain your identity and culture, we're a really great mothership. If you want to sell out... there are definitely other companies to talk to.

Actors can't retire. What would they do?

I guess I'm afraid to retire because I don't know what I would do. I don't know what my talent is. So I don't know. So maybe I'm afraid to stop, but I've got to stop.

I think one of the worst things to ever happen to American man is that he was told he was going to retire at age 65.

I stopped being a fighter in 1999 and I became a fight executive the moment I retired and took control of my brand.

Retiring had nothing to do with love of the game. Nothing. It had to do with how I felt about myself. I needed the break.

I don't want to be a reality retro star.