Quotes About Identity

What is the value of your existence?

I'm in the middle of an existential crisis in how I approach comedy about these big issues. I sometimes find, when I get drawn on the subject of race, it's too close to home for me and I can't articulate what I'm trying to get across.

Anti-black racism is not just an Egyptian problem. It exists in many parts of the Arab world.

I've always thought I'd like to be something more exotic than C of E. I can't even say I'm lapsed. You don't lose your faith when you are Church of England - you just can't remember where you left it.

I do remember instances where girls would just fawn over me because they liked that I was different - exotic - to them. And they didn't use the word 'Asian' at the time. All of the aspects that make me Asian, they liked.

I don't see myself as exotic.

We need to expand the idea of choice to be about all the choices we make in our lives: including which country we choose to live in so we can be whole and full women.

I am always looking for ways to expand my brand.

I'm nothing but a drunkard. Why do people expect me to be anything else?

I don't expect anybody to know who I am.

You don't have to make yourself look like people expect you to look.

I love being from the States and having that pride. But at the same time, there is a lot of expectation.

One of the expectations growing up was that I'd become a well-known artist.

It is the people of Kerala and their expectations that have made me what I am today.

I was afraid of not living up to what people expected me to be.

I've played roles that aren't expected of an Asian.

I grew up in a close-knit community where I was expected to excel, and it was a different experience when I got to the university. There were very few students of color, and those numbers were extremely low in the school of engineering.

We live in such an image-heavy world that not seeing yourself in that landscape can really make it tough to feel human, to feel like you are part of the world.

I love where I'm from. I love the landscape because it is so beautiful, and I also love the people of my community, the people whose stories I'm trying to tell.

I know what I can do, I know who I am. I just stay in my own lane.

I'm not Jadeveon Clowney; I'm Deshaun Watson, so I just focus on me and what I can do for my team. I stay in my own lane and do what I've got to do.

English is not my first language.

My first language is Gaelic.

My language is what I use, and if I lost that, I wouldn't be able to say anything.