Sam Heughan Quotes

People were making fun of redheads before I came along.

Why are some people bullied? Because they are different. How? It doesn't matter.

In England we burnt redheads at the stake, because we thought they were witches. There are still young redheads in Britain getting ripped for having red hair. 'Oy, Ginger!'

I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking.

I was sometimes called 'coconut' when I was at school.

When I was younger, I definitely did face anti-ginger prejudice. As a child, all teasing hurts, whether it's because you're fat or a different race or have red hair. I had enough comments from a couple of people to make it a sore point.

I had kids make fun of me because not only was I blonde but also Polish.

There will always be someone being picked on at school, and it's not going to go away.

Everyone looks me and says, 'I'm not going to let that Asian kid embarrass me. I'm going to go at him.' That's how it's been my whole life.

I've always been a target. Everyone looks me and says, 'I'm not going to let that Asian kid embarrass me. I'm going to go at him.' That's how it's been my whole life.

Like one of any minority, I have experienced prejudice.

I went through a lot of bullying early on. Girls made my life a living hell. We had come to America from a different country. My brother and I had accents. It was very tough.

When I was a teenager in Iceland people would throw rocks and shout abuse at me because they thought I was weird. I never got that in London no matter what I wore.

I know what it's like to be left out... I certainly went through a period of time where I got made fun of and people were so mean to me, so I can really relate to that.

To single out a particular group and say we can't make a joke about them is almost a form of prejudice and it's kind of patronizing.

When you dehumanize a group, there's lasting consequences because they know that they're being dehumanized.

I've had to deal with racism, sexism, rumors, malice, a little bit of everything.

I was taunted because I was different.

It started in middle school. Once, a group of girls locked me in the janitor's closet. Another time, a girl spilled chocolate milk down a dress I made. Girls would try to trip me in the hallway.

I was teased a lot, growing up, because of my skin tone.

I was bullied because I have this thick Nigerian accent.

Even if I don't always behave as I should, this still doesn't explain why so many people have something against me. But you know how it is. A lot of people vent themselves by coming to the stadium to yell at me. I hope it's not racism. I tell myself that it's not racism; it's because I'm tough, and I repeat this to myself.

Kids will tease you for just about anything.

Teaching prejudice to a child is itself a form of bullying. You've got to be taught to hate.

It's mean to make fun of anybody for the way they look.