Geoff Johns Quotes

This country is just that great that the opportunities are there for a Hispanic president, a black president or any other race for a president, yes.

I'm not interested in making all-black films - I come from a very diverse culture; I want to work with every type of person. I work a lot with women executives because they seem to be a lot more open minded about that and a lot more progressive in that way.

I have never wavered from my intention to advance the cause of diversity in new and more effective ways.

Each one of us has to take responsibility for reality, and present it so that kids will grow up familiar with that and say, OK. I've seen that before. I'm not afraid of it.

As an Italian-American, I have a special responsibility to be sensitive to ethnic stereotypes.

The first and great commandment is, don't let them scare you.

I always crave to see more stories about and by people of color, particularly new work by young black writers.

I believe in diversity in front of and behind the camera.

I haven't done a great deal of it but this was a chance to do more and bring it to that part of the business and even more so, but the fact that it was a black superhero was really the catalyst to me.

I've learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for you. The journey is valuable, but believing in your talents, your abilities, and your self-worth can empower you to walk down an even brighter path. Transforming fear into freedom - how great is that?

As an Asian-American actor, I believe it is important to never settle for the status quo. I feel a responsibility to do everything in my power to create positive perceptions of Asian Americans through my work.

Diversity is more than just a buzzword to me. It's my life.

For me, I actively look for projects that showcase people of color.

Certainly the multicultural activists in the Labour party and the universities wanted to destroy the old white Anglo-Saxon education system as they saw it, and produce something completely different - with no conception of what that completely different thing would be, of course.

If you believe, as we believe, that diversity leads to better products, and we're all about making products that enrich people's lives, then you obviously put a ton of energy behind diversity the same way you would put a ton of energy behind anything else that is truly important.

Fear has never built a community. And fear will never build a nation.

I have always included minority characters in my stories, often as heroes.

I love being a mixed-race woman in 2017. I feel part of something big. There's this understanding that we're all in it together.

Asian-Americans are fighting for space and fighting for visibility and for acceptance.

We made a commitment to making diverse stories with diverse characters brought to life by diverse artists.

We have to support everyone so their stories don't get 'invisibilized.' We don't necessarily have to repopulate the next Marvel movie with people of color, but it's just about saying 'We have hearts, we have souls, we have minds, we have faults, we have flaws, and we're super-freaking interesting.'

Diversity is not just the right thing to do but right for business.

For the kids out there that are worried about what the future holds, especially the LGBTQI+ kids, our brothers and sisters that came before us didn't fight for nothing. Trust me: we will only move forward, but you need to put your fear aside and find the strength to believe that.

It's important to the world to see superheroes that are spread across our demographic.

Diversity is not just about the fact that the pictures look better. I mean, they always do look better!