Jessica Hagedorn Quotes

I'm full Hispanic.

I don't call myself Latin, I call myself Puerto Rican.

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'm extremely proud of being Latin; it's a big part of my life. It's not something I outwardly promote, just like I don't outwardly promote that I have green eyes and blonde hair. It's a part of who I am. I love the richness of the culture I grew up within.

It's an honor to represent a Latin culture.

I'm Latin - we start young, honey!

I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.

I usually say Latina, Mexican-American or American Mexican, and in certain contexts, Chicana, depending on whether my audience understands the term or not.

I'm proud of my Latin American heritage.

Most of the wrestling happens in the South, so I had to ask myself how I was going to be received as a Jewish boy named Goldberg. Then again, I have never, nor would I ever, hide my Jewish identity.

What it depends on is someone's upbringing and the traditions and that is how you decide if you are Jewish or not.

My full name is Ross Fleming Butler; it's very British-Irish.

I grew up Mexican.

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 part Latin, so everything in the Latin culture is - there's a lot of hyperbole, and there's a lot of melodrama.

I lost my accent pretty quickly, so everyone assumes I was born and raised in America. But I'm very much still in touch with my Filipino roots. That will never go away.

I'm 100 percent Jewish by blood, but by education I'm nothing. By affiliation I'm nothing.

As a Latin man, obviously immigration has been a part of my culture for decades. [I] grew up understanding what you go through in order to come to this country and searching for that American dream.

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

I come from a Muslim family. The label 'Muslim' is one aspect of me, but it's not the only part of me.

We really wanted our characters to be very Latin-based because we've always been so proud of our roots.

I'm from Asia. You can hear it in my voice, and you can see it in my face, and that's primarily my perspective.

Pitbull has always been great - he represents Latinos.

My Irish identity is important as it's a part of who I am.

I come from a community that has a lot of white kids, and I notice how, a lot of times, they don't understand our differences and how I come from a different culture and my ancestors are different and my history is different.