Lucas Till Quotes

Well, it's like my movie, 'The Apostle.' Some people in the North don't get that movie. They think that, in the South, if you don't shout, you can't play one of those guys.

A lot of people tell me, 'You are from North; how do you manage to get along in the South?' I don't know what to say to them. I've always felt at home here, and by learning to speak Telugu, my connection with the place has gotten that much stronger.

So there's no guarantee if you like the music you will empathize with the culture and the people who made it. It doesn't necessarily happen. I think it can, but it doesn't necessarily happen. Which is kind of a shame.

I'm a British intern going in. I'm hoping that John will just kind of tackle it from who this person is and what she's about rather than trying to go in on her culture. We need to move a step forward than that.

New York has got this sort of wonderful romantic idea of the South.

I've always taken pride to be the white guy that can talk to the black people, that can refer to them truly as a brother from a different mother.

I was always told at school I was posh, then I came to London, and here I'm told I have a country accent.

In the rural South, 'Bubba' is like how people say 'dude' in California. It's a name for a regular Southern man. I know a Chinese Bubba, a black Bubba.

I moved from Kentucky to Miramar, Florida, at about 8. I think I was in second grade. I still had my Southern accent, and down there, you got to experience a melting pot in full fury. All the kids I hung out with were, like, Sicilian kids from Jersey and New York.

I always felt that if countries knew each other better, there would be less war. Often, conflict goes with demonizing other countries and cultures.

I'm from the South, where if you walk down the street and there's somebody behind you talking with a Southern accent, you can't tell whether it's a black or a white person.

British girls are really funny, so I definitely think we'd get along.

Young Asian people who come up to me have a certain vibration, and I receive it, and I understand it, and I feel emotional just talking about it. I'm here for you. And I'll continue doing everything I can to fill something that I know you need right now that we don't yet have as a community.

Every time actors from down south do a Bollywood film, it is always looked at like, 'Oh it must be a one time thing,' or a stereotypical role.

In every country I've gone to, if you smile at people, they are going to be happy. This is my attitude.

I wouldn't say there are alliances at the pageant, but I understand if you can't speak the language, you would want to hang out with someone who understands you.

With my husband, I do really appreciate the fact that we - even though we're different kinds of Asian, there is a cultural shorthand between us, and I don't have to explain anything. I've dated guys before who weren't Asian-American, and it frustrated me when I would have to defend why beans belong in a dessert.

It is always something special when you can talk with people from your country. It is always nice to hear advice in your own language.

Who better than an Irishman can understand the Indians, while still being stirred by tales of the US cavalry?

Culture is this thing that we can exchange among ourselves as human beings to knock aside our differences and build upon our similarities. Cultural exchange is the ultimate exchange.

Culture opens our hearts to one another. And the currency in culture is not money, but trust.

The South is one of those kingdoms of the mind, like India or Scotland, that are neat and understandable only to people who have never been there.

As soon as I came to L.A., I was told that I was exotic. I'd think, But I'm from Miami! I'm as American as a cheeseburger!

There are no ideas in the South, just barbecue.

I don't understand how they can call me anti-Latino, when I've made four movies in Mexico.