Ashton Sanders Quotes

I'm a fierce advocate for diversity. Always have been, always will be.

I'm finding that I'm working with more and more Latino artists, and that's exciting.

Trying to imagine what it's like to be someone else is never a substitute for actually living that way, for acknowledging the respect that we need to have for each other's experiences.

I want to bring awareness to the lack of diversity in ballet, and feel like that's a large part of my purpose.

It's been really special being part of a project that's up with the times and woke and setting a precedent for inclusion and representation.

Some people just want to be accepted.

I was really able to integrate into a diverse school and learn to get along with all different types of people.

We've got to celebrate all diverse artists and actors and 'Aladdin' does that really well.

Diversity is strength. Our cinema and our art forms need to diversify so that it tells all stories, all perspectives.

I think it's important to be diverse, and I hope we continue to see that as a trend in the fashion industry.

Inclusivity is extremely important in any art form.

I think it's really important that we have diversity - whether it's different languages, cultures - be involved in film and in the arts.

I've been in enough positions to respect people with different views.

The best companies will build culturally diverse leadership teams and workforces with divergent backgrounds, perspectives, and ideas.

I believe in everyone staying as they are, and when you meld together, you get something more accurate and democratic.

I certainly would never presume to play another race of a person. Diversity is important in Hollywood, and I would never want to feel like I was playing a character that was offensive.

Our culture today that we live in is getting so diverse, yet in Hollywood, there's not a lot of diversity.

Judaism shouldn't be the jailhouse of ideas but a liberator of ideas; not a disintegrator of people but what brings people together.

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.

I have actually been very fortunate that I've met a lot of really wonderful straight men in my life - and a lot of really wonderful gay men in my life.

I'm not anti-Muslim; I'm not anti-immigration.

My policies are multi-ethnic and certainly not racist.

I love the diversity of my district, and it does drive a fair amount of my work.

I live in Brooklyn, and there's so many interracial couples in Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, you don't talk about race like that.

'Diversity' is like, 'Ugh, I have to do diversity.' I recognize and celebrate what it is, but that word, to me, is a disconnect.