Quotes about Diversity

I had to look at white people as fellow South Africans and fellow partners in building a new South Africa.

Being from the South, I was really into Southern rap, but I listened to a lot of stuff from all over.

I, on the other hand, have a bit of a southern accent.

All cannot rule, nor can all be ruled. All cannot plow, nor can all sow, nor reap. No more can all neglect such employments, else the race would become extinct. Each has his business to perform, his part to act. It is a duty he owes to the rest as well as to himself.

No one should be harassed or mistreated because of who they are, who they love, or what they believe.

There are a mix of good and bad people everywhere, be it Punjab, Delhi or Haryana.

A lot of people say I am different from other actors and actresses because I don't mix around with a lot of filmy crowd.

My football philosophy is to win as many games as possible. Brand of football? I believe in mixing a bit of everything. You have to.

Mormonism is a little different, but I still see them as brothers in Christ.

I remember in Indonesia, there was this actor in a film that got pretty big internationally, and he went to Hollywood. Seeing an Indonesian guy doing that when I was 13 or 14, it really motivated me.

All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in. [Conversation with Elizabeth Farnsworth, PBS NewsHour , March 9, 1998]

Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it.