Quotes About Identity

As an adopted person, once you find out about that 'other' side of yourself, it's almost like you find out who you really are.

I've always known I was adopted.

I adopted England as least as much as England adopted me.

I am adopted, and I am so grateful for my story, and that's what makes me who I am.

D.C. basketball has adopted me, and I consider D.C. home.

My parents in America always told me that I was adopted. It's never been a secret to me.

Why can't I be the adorable one?

I don't want to have to be pretty. I don't want to have to be adorable.

Because I'm in an adult world and I'm really working, my age is just a number. It's not really who I am.

I think I am an adult.

I was always treated older than I am when I was a kid, so I had to be like, 'No, I'm sweet,' and this has continued into adulthood because of the way society portrays Black women.

Acting was definitely a comfortable place. It didn't force me into adulthood because I was ready to be independent.

There are only advantages of being Salim Khan's son, Salman Khan's brother and coming from a known family.

The right name is an advertisement in itself.

I would rather die than see my face in a car advertisement.

People who don't know me, how will they know what I am really like? They will only see me on the field, only see me in an advertisement. People who know what kind of a guy I am will tell you I'm a very open person.

Advertising is the price companies pay for being unoriginal.

I had been saying to myself for a good many years that I was really a writer and that I was in advertising temporarily.

I'm proud to say that I'm in advertising.

My aesthetic is very black.

The exciting thing about Bleachers and fun. are they're different, and they're aesthetically different in many ways. But it's also like my role is very different, and that's cool.

I'm not going to be one of those people who says, 'I'm a showrunner; I'm not a black showrunner.' I'm black when I go to sleep. I'm black when I wake up, period. It doesn't affect my perspective on everything, but at the same time, it's who I am, and I'm proud of it.

A lot of us just want to lead normal, regular lives. I want to go in for a role and if I can play that part, my trans identity shouldn't affect me.

I've done a lot of work on that so that no matter where I am in a team, whatever role I'm playing, it doesn't affect how I think about myself.