Quotes About Equality

My personal cause and platform, if you like, is women's rights and women's issues.

As an actor, you just want to work, and then you just want to be on a show or have a job that you love, and you hope that job will last - those things have happened. To have that platform to then talk about something that is very personal to me like marriage equality, it feels like a gift. I try and really respect that voice and not abuse it.

I didn't realize that the platform could be this big until Colin Kaepernick first took a knee. When he did that, that was kind of an 'aha' moment for me.

My goal is to use football as a platform to speak out on things that need addressing.

Technology has been the great equalizer: you can find your audience, you can build your brand, and the people that are into you, great. They're going to follow you to whatever platform you go to.

We have to start creating more material that gives a platform for people of colour, for women, for old people and young people alike to be able to showcase their talent. It's much bigger than a black or white thing.

There have been women who have pioneered and paved the way for me to be able to sit here and to have a platform. And it's my job and my duty to continue to push the boundary for equality on all spectrums.

'Fortnite' is the same game on all platforms, including high-end consoles and PCs.

If a game is meant to be played by everybody, it deserves to be on multiple platforms so everybody can play it.

I don't play with female gamers.

We do need more deaf people in Hollywood. But I don't think that deaf people always have to play a deaf role. I think we can play different roles. We need to see more diversity period. More people of color. More disabled people. More gender diversity. All kinds of diversity.

That's what I love about baseball, that it gives the opportunity for every single guy to develop and play the game. There's not a rule that you have to be 6 foot or you have to be real strong to play baseball or to become a good player.

We know the WNBA is not making billions of dollars like the NBA, but we want to be in a place where we don't have to play basketball all year round.

I never wanted to be a cheerleader; I wanted to play football.

Women are the same. We watch football; we play football. Why wouldn't we be out there giving our opinions on the sport ,too?

I am not better than anyone else just because I play football.

It's impossible to play football in a world among men and not fight for equality.

Clearly, those of us women who play football wish that there was more coverage.

You don't have to be a strapping lad to play football.

Young boys and girls should be given the chance to play football.

I looked into the rule book, and I never seen a rule of only two-handed players can play football.

I wanted to play football and wear the Indian jersey, but there was no women's football team.

There is part of you as a female - no question - that feels like you have to be overprepared and outwork the men because people are automatically going to look at you and say, 'Well, you didn't play football,' or, 'You don't know what you're talking about,' because you are a female.

If you speak to girls who play football alongside lads, they'll tell you that you almost have to earn the right to play with them. It's annoying that you have to do that, but once you've done it, the barriers are down.