Quotes About Progress

I think when you congratulate yourselves for diversity, that means nothing's really changed.

Now, there doesn't have to necessarily be a white man in the lead role. That's the way forward. That's diversity. It's cool if an Indian is playing the lead role in a Hollywood project, and we should be proud of this.

I think you always want things to get better, and that's been my view ever since I've been in this industry. So it's great to see there's more diversity, but it could always get better.

I can't even believe that in 2018, I still have to lay out why diversity in anything matters.

I don't know if there is an expiration date on diversity.

It doesn't make sense to constantly talk about the lack of diversity in Hollywood. We all know it's there. My wife and I just want to change that conversation with our work.

I played Pierre, a white Russian aristocrat, and my co-lead was Denee Benton. Two black leads playing not black people - it was an important moment for the Broadway community to say diversity is possible and it's here.

Hollywood needs more diversity.

For better or worse, we have to bridge this divide between developing cars that drive by the book and cars that drive how you and I drive.

Africa doesn't look like it's changed that much to me since I first went in '94. There is still a major economic divide, but the rights of Africans have changed and progressed.

It's nice to know that a studio is willing to put a female in a film without expecting the character to have a love interest.

At the beginning of the first season, you don't have that pressure to perform at 100 per cent, because it's always hard when you first start. But now, in the second season, people are expecting big things from you, so you can't really disappoint them.

It just feels good to talk to the coaches and know what they're expecting so I can get better and just be happy.

It is expensive to start from scratch though.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

I think everything you do in life is a learning experience.

I come from a country in which I experienced economic collapse.

I learn a lot from my experiences and collaborations. Most of my collaborations are meant for me to learn.

I think that diversity is key for the next American entrepreneurs. They want to be a part of this society where there is so much diversity they have to have people from all the experiences.

Everything is an experiment.

My drumming is always an experiment.

Remember, there is no right way to train, so you need to experiment until you find the right routine for you.

When I talk to people about 'KnowMore', it is as an experiment. The biggest thing I'll say there is that we've learned a lot from 'KnowMore'.

Britain's great postwar meritocratic experiment was broad-based, but it was in politics that the change was most dramatic.