Quotes About Identity

Europe and European identity is rooted in Christianity.

What dominates my life isn't the fact that I started off doing theatre. It's probably to do with Christianity, my race, the class I was born into. These are the things that make my work. They make who I am as well.

Christians are made, not born.

I came out to my dad in Christmas of '94.

I'm a Chrysler man.

I was a little chubby, rosy-cheeked kid.

When I was younger, I was chubby. It gave me a terrible sense of self-image, and I guess I carry that around with me still.

I was a chubby kid.

We are the most British of Britain's banks. This always gets a chuckle; I don't why.

There's a chunk of myself in every part I play.

The Church in England is the Church of England.

I think even pro-China legislators would not believe I'm really a CIA agent.

Cincinnati will always be home.

I come from Cincinnati.

I'm not Cinderella.

I get so bummed when I have to return the clothes I'm lent. It's easy to feel so special, but like Cinderella, you lose your shoes.

I'm not a character like Rapunzel or Cinderella; my story looks like any other.

I will always be the first Latina Cinderella, so I always have that to take with me, and I'm very proud of that. I believe that it was a life-changing experience for me.

I don't want all of American cinema to be big cartoons that are just made to be digested by the entire world.

A lot of cinema is about the game of authenticity - do you feel it's real?

I prefer being called director Aishwarya Dhanush's husband. She and I share our passion for cinema, but at home, we hardly talk about it. Instead, we share other interests.

My mother raised us out of the limelight and told us not to say we were Bruce Lee's children, so I had a normal childhood. I didn't run in Hollywood circles or go to premieres.

I think when I started playing against some of the best guys on the AAU circuit, I started to look at myself and say, 'I am one of these guys.'

I still consider myself working class. I know my circumstances have changed dramatically since I was growing up back in Birkenhead.