Quotes About Identity

The only people in my whole life that have ever called me Edward are the police because it's on my license.

The people that are serving you gas, the people that are in your restaurants serving you, the firefighters, and police officers are members of the gay and lesbian community. They're members of our broader community.

As a black man who doesn't know another black man who hasn't had strange run-ins with police officers, it's impossible for us not to think about whether that could have been us - based on our country, based on our culture, based on our past experiences.

I'm a policeman on television but an absolute wuss in real life.

Do you know, I didn't play a policeman up until I was 40, and then suddenly that's what I have been asked to play.

I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.

You're a white South African, and right away you have to explain yourself. Occasionally, I get hassled until I explain my point of view. I have to make it clear that I don't live there anymore, and I don't approve of the brutal racial policies.

My dad is Polish. My mom is Moroccan, and I grew up around all kinds of different languages, and I love playing with it, and I love picking up new melodies.

There is no Polish culture without Jewish culture.

Because Jews were kicked out of every country in Europe at one time or another, and plenty of other places as well, there isn't an ability to identify with a national heritage - you'll never hear a Jew say 'I'm German' or 'I'm Polish,' without saying something about being Jewish as well, and for good reason.

My mother's Polish; my dad was Irish.

I had to fight like hell to convince people I was beautiful in my own Polish half-breed way.

Well, I'm Czech, but Polish, Czech, no matter, it's my name.

About 1900 my parents came to the United States as children from what was then the Polish area of Russia.

My family history, like that of many Polish, German and Jewish families from Central Europe in the 20th century, is complex.

My parents are Polish. I don't know anything about Italian-ness.

I had kids make fun of me because not only was I blonde but also Polish.

My mom is Jamaican and Chinese, and my dad is Polish and African-American, so I had a pretty diverse culinary background to work with.

I'm just as happy to be Polish as I am to be German.

Even though I moved to Florida, I'm still Polish.

At different times my children went to Polish, British, and American schools, and they learned about 'the nation' in all of them.

When I was 13 I would come to school with makeup and nail polish and I had teachers who would say, 'We can't teach you and you're not allowed in class.'

I'm not the least bit polished, I come from a blue collar background and I never thought I could feel comfortable around the English.

If I get too glam and polished and pretty, people are like, 'Hari, why aren't you speaking up about issues?' And if I start speaking up about issues, people are like, 'Why can't you just be an actress?'