Kevin Kwan Quotes

I don't really know what feeling Japanese or Haitian or American is supposed to feel like. I just feel like me.

I was born in America, but I consider myself a Filipino.

I feel Anglo-American.

I think it is very possible that my deeper character is not very English.

I just grew up in the States, so I feel like I identify more with the American culture.

I'm a whole lot more than just Spanish or Irish or whatever, but definitely, it's given me help. It's given me a push, and I'm very proud of my Spanish heritage.

I'm certainly proud to be Cuban American, and it's a fantastic opportunity for anybody - regardless of their ethnicity or nationality. It does carry a measure or pride to know where you're from and to know what your roots are.

Most of my life I was occupied with American television and American food. My ethnicity was my choice. It still is.

Before doing 'Midnight's Children,' I didn't really have a chance to explore my Indian side. The Indian side of my heritage was always present, but it did not particularly define my identity. Being English was more an identity-defining status. I was born and brought up in London. Yes, my father is Parsi.

I feel more European than Belgian. However I do think that my Flemish roots have an impact on my character and culture.

I am a Westerner of Westerners!

Sometimes I have a very fleeting emotional dance with a fleeting phrase, like 'half-Mexican.'

A man's ethnic identity has more to do with a personal awareness than with geography.

The greatest guarantee for the preservation of a person’s identity is language and faith, and all Armenians must carry these two values.

I exist in this hyphen. I'm an Indian-American-Muslim kid, but am I more Indian, or am I more American? What part of my identity am I?

My identity and my background still remain with me when I go to a foreign country. I have kept my nationality.

While I resonate deeply with my maternal cultural heritage, I identify as American.

I'm more Filipino than I am German. I guess I shouldn't be ashamed to say that.

I was born in Okinawa, but on a U.S. Army base. And my father is Japanese-American which means that he is second generation, but my mom was born in the Philippines and raised in Okinawa. So, how do you know where you are generationally from? I can claim all three legitimately, but I like to say that I am third generation American.

I think my Latino culture has equipped me with a different point of view than the rest of my counterparts, and seeing things from a different angle has helped me a lot. I feel very proud of my culture, of my Latino heritage.

I'm about as Chinese as Herbert Hoover.

I really hold on to my culture because it is what made me.

It took me many years to understand that my identity is more Israeli than Jewish.

I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British.

I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English.