Quotes About Identity

Well I don't know, I might have lost my citizenship, I don't think you can lose your citizenship though.

My mother didn't get her citizenship until much later in life.

Compton is my city.

I'm from Buffalo, which is a blue-collar city, and I've kind of embraced that.

Homosexuality is not about love, it's not about family, and it's not about civil rights.

In the 1960s, the civil rights movement was about getting to know your culture, your history. I know all about my history.

I was born after the Civil Rights Movement.

I was born in the middle of Lebanon's civil war.

After I was discharged from the military, it was difficult trying to become a civilian.

I'm a civilian, a citizen.

If you claim something, you can own it.

I'm not a baker, and I don't know anything about baking, and I don't claim to.

D.C. is where I started. That's home for me. I always love coming back to the area. They treat me so well, and people show up. They're excited and claim me as their own. I love it.

The whole idea of rock and roll lifestyle is a cartoon. It's a caricature. And at times, it's made up of people emulating others; a few who actually live that lifestyle and many who claim to live that lifestyle.

I'm the last person to claim that I'm sane.

I always thought I was a writer on the inside, but after a few years of not writing, you can't make that claim anymore.

I don't claim to be a fashionista.

Who does get to claim Americanness? You know, my brother was born in this country. And is he seen as American? So, I mean, it brings up a lot of interesting questions.

For me, hip-hop has always been black superhero music.

For me, playing a chubby or fat superhero was so special because I would go and watch these movies with my friends and would never see anyone like me. I am excited to be that for other kids who look like me.

Being a backbench MP is a bit of an anti-climax for a superhero.

To me drag is like a superhero mask.

I'm not really interested in being a superhero. That's not a box I've been trying to check off.

I want to be in everything, but that's because I haven't seen someone who looks like me in everything. I want to play a superhero. I want to be the love interest. I want to write my own stuff and create my own projects. I want to be in French films.