Quotes About Identity

For me, clothing has always been connected to history. That's what draws me in.

As a kid, I always felt connected to Africa; it was something I was very proud of.

When 'Joy Luck Club' came out, I kind of became a role model for the Asian acting community. I started to talk at colleges and emcee charity things. I'm much more connected to my sense of being Asian now.

A lot of who I am is connected to my size, and I am so happy with who I am.

There's something about the soul of a country that is somehow connected to the head of state.

I'm an L.A. girl, a Cali girl - a Cali girl from Connecticut.

I had to figure out that finding my place was not about race but about creativity, and connecting with other artists helped me find my voice.

Whatever you are making, whether it's a song, an album, a painting, a film, you're connecting with a tradition, and I do feel connected to New York music.

I don't feel any connection to Russia.

I don't have a connection to the fashion world at all.

Take the first A out of Abraham and put it at the end. You get Brahama. There's the ancient connection right there.

When you look at C-3PO and Darth Vader and then look at the actors behind them, you can't really make the connection. It kills the magic.

My connections to Broward are long, and they are deep, and I'm proud of them.

Even when you are playing someone who is real, you get their mannerisms and you get their little quirks, but, it still has to be something inside of you that connects with the role, or else you will not be any good.

In my own writing, I avoid 'female' and try to say 'woman' because I feel that the word 'female' has connotations of not just biology but also non-human mammals. The idea of 'female' to me is more appropriate for a female animal.

There are many people still ashamed of their roots because of the negative connotations that come with being an 'African.' That sentiment exists many places around the world - in England, in the U.S., everywhere.

Just look at 'K-pop' - who would've expected American fans to embrace it? It's really cool to be one of those artists who can break through the American market. I'm not trying to conquer America; I just want to make music and see if people like it.

I don't want to come and conquer American films or the American market. I just want to do movies that I care about, stories that I like.

A great business has to have a conscience. You have to know who you are and who you are not.

Having done 'M. Butterfly,' I'm conscious of the choices women make with their clothes and makeup on screen.

What I've been conscious of, from the beginning is that I can't be Jil Sander.

I feel like you come in under a cloak of someone else's skin for a while, but then you can shrug it off - you have to find your own voice, if you want to keep doing it. That became a really conscious thing for me.

Funnily enough, I never thought of myself as being short. Being an actor has made me much more conscious of it than I would have been otherwise.

I'm very conscious of... I don't feel like a star.