Quotes About Awareness

As a five-year-old in Berlin in 1965, I didn't know that funny women existed. It wasn't until I got back to England that I realised women could be funny.

Miffy has changed quite a lot since the early books, although I never realised it at the time.

A lot of children remember seeing cartoons, 'Pinocchio' or 'Bambi' or something that breaks their heart. I remember seeing 'The Blue Angel' and it breaking my heart. It was the first time I realised there was an adult world - that adults could damage each other or destroy each other emotionally.

When I was about 10 or 11, I realised that people made movies; until then, I had thought they just happened.

I've often sat down with people talking about a film I've been in, and they haven't realised I was in it.

I probably revisit in my work the moment at which I realised that dreams couldn't be reality.

The moment I realised anyone could be watching - and this is going to sound so name-droppy - was when Ricky Martin reached out to me on Coming Out Day 2012. The Internet has this massive potential, and you can never know the effect you might have on others by just being yourself.

We were raised very colour blind. I had gone to school and to camp for so long with white people, I think I was like 15 years old before I realised I was black.

I knew that I was different when I was six years old, but it wasn't until I got to about 10 or 11 that I realised I was a gay man.

Growing up on our estate, we were all different colours, but we were all really poor. I never really realised that black was a problem for some people.

I've realised that as long as the youth has the ability to use social media, and their voice is there, people can actually cut through the nonsense and see what's really going on.

Over time, I have realised that it is important to stay grounded and keep in touch with reality.

I took for granted that we have free healthcare. But I have realised what the NHS does, and the people within it who keep it moving, the number of hours they are doing.

I realised years ago that no one really knows what they're doing and you kind of just learn by observing.

When I moved to Dunfermline, it was the first time I realised how different I looked to everyone else who grew up around me. That is where I learned about ignorance and hate. I think, for them, they had probably never seen a black person in their life.

Racism doesn't affect me. I've realised now that racism is down to the person doing it. It doesn't affect my life.

I realised that identity always seemed to be an issue when it was challenged - thats when it seemed to be most in 3D, so that you could look at it.

I'm realising now that I can't just blurt things out.

Cocktail' happened overnight for me. I didn't have the time to think about it, I suddenly got into films without even realising what I was doing.

I didn't have any concept of age or authority. I remember realising, Oh, the world has rules and we don't.

I'm beginning to think I have two years encountering sexism without really realising it.

Once you start realising where you are, then you can start realising what you have to do to get the best results.

I only understand realism.

I'm not sexist, I'm just a realist.