Quotes About Identity

I would say 'The Big Narstie Show' is the United Colours of Benetton; it's for everyone. But I would definitely say that it has a black appeal, because that's what I am.

With or without the armband, I would love to pull on the country's colours. That doesn't change.

It was a dream come true to wear the famous colours of FC Barcelona.

I'm a fan of Independiente, so I'd naturally like to wear their colours, and I also like Banfield, who gave me a lot as a young player. Either would be nice.

God has given everyone different palettes. I don't need to see what colours others have.

We were definitely new to the whole music thing. The first album was a real collaborative effort between us, the writers, and the A&R people at Columbia Records. We really worked to find out what our sound was.

Work has been the central column for most of my life; it has always been my identity.

Nobody under 40 carries a comb.

I think a lot of people, when they don't quite fit in in the world, use humor to combat that and to find their place in society.

I'm not more Brazilian than I am American or vice-versa - I'm very much a combination of all of those things.

My music is very reminiscent of the sound I grew up on and the place where that happened. It's a combination of everything I'm inspired by.

Americans want a nation-state: our own country with a history of freedom combined with responsibility.

Basketball will come and go, but the person you are will always remain.

I don't have any particular desire to see words making a comeback. They are of their era, after all, and that is their identity - they form part of the linguistic color of a period.

I've been seesawing between not doing too much racial stuff - because I'd rather be known as the funny comedian than the funny Chinese comedian - but at the same time embracing my voice and who I am and what makes me unique, you know, which is the racial background.

I feel like I've always thought of myself as a comedian.

I'm a comedian who happens to be Latino. What's the difference? The difference is, my special will air on Comedy Central, not Telemundo.

I am a comedian. My brain is critical - it's overthinking - but you can find ways to turn it down and realize that's not who you really are.

I'm an actor, I'm not a comedian, I never was a comedian.

I didn't really want to be a comedian.

People always call me a comedian. And I don't really see myself like that. I guess I just consider myself an actor who does comedy. But who wants to do other things as well.

I just think of myself as a comedian, really.

You know, I've never thought of myself as a comedian.

I'm not a political comedian. That's just not what I do.