Quotes About Identity

Certainly, living in the U.S., as I have for over two decades, you see how Asians are portrayed in the media... I didn't see myself represented, you know, when I used to look at ads on TV.

I think it's strange for people to read about themselves, no matter what's portrayed or how it's portrayed. But they get used to it, and I think they're fine with it.

I'm portrayed as this tough broad, but I'm not.

I wasn't exactly sure where I wanted to take my music and how I wanted to be portrayed, and it was sort of, not done for me, but more directed.

If you see black people being portrayed in this one way well then, when you see a black person in real life, you're going to carry some of that way of thinking with you.

Being northern is fantastic but the positive associations I have - about being from a hard-working, funny and friendly community - aren't always portrayed in that way.

The best books I read as a child were set in far-flung places, but also portrayed characters experiencing a life far removed from my own.

I think you have to be very secure as an actor to escape yourself - to revisit someone's past, whether you're portraying another person or creating someone, and then to come back to who you are and not bring those emotions with you.

The fact that 'Small Island' is 'period' is amazing for me because it's something that I've never been involved with before. Also, half my family is Jamaican and this story is essentially a story about Jamaican people, and it's portraying a part of history that I was not that familiar with myself.

I'm very interested in portraying homosexual man and woman in my films because I'm interested in their lives and their problems.

I'm just being P.J., that's the number one thing, I'm just being me. Like I'm not portraying something or acting or putting on something that I wouldn't put on every day in my life or doing anything that I wouldn't already be doing.

It has been great portraying Gollum, but it will be great to see my face on screen for a change.

Every time I do something, I think, 'Am I portraying Asian people in the way I want to be portrayed?'

For film and games, there is now a fantastic method of actors portraying characters which don't necessarily look like themselves. And yet you've still got the heart and soul of the performance.

About five years old, I was drawing self-portraits with the brown crayon instead of the peach crayon and, you know, the black curly hair. That's how I was portraying myself.

I don't think people should be afraid of portraying people with accents, especially Asian accents.

I don't want to fall into any single category. I don't want to be known for portraying drunks or heavies or saints.

I was doing well for myself and wanted to play different roles and not just be happy portraying glamorous characters.

I like being me and portraying myself in a certain way that makes me feel comfortable and confident.

I was born in Oxford. I grew up in Cascais, Portugal.

I was born here in the States. I moved to Portugal when I was five. And then my parents put me in an English school.

I'm from Scotland, one of four daughters, and we grew up moving every few years between Scotland, Portugal, Colombia and Scotland again.

I'm fully English, but Portugal is my home.

My daughter's Portuguese.