Sarah Jones Quotes

The experience of being a mixed person is all over the place - one of my best friends is Chinese and Italian; my other best friend is Lebanese and Trinidadian. The mix of heritage, culture or identity is something that our country is built on.

My dad is Chinese/Malaysian and my mum is Austrian, so food was always a big deal in our house.

I didn't really grow up with any traditions. I grew up in a pretty liberal household in Southern California. I think that's part of my interest in thinking about heritage. I don't have a second language or cultural heritage in that way.

All the events that have made up the character and fabric of British culture and everything that has happened to make up the fabric of America culture - art and music - includes the faces and the colours of a lot of people.

No, my family is Russian, Georgian, via Ellis Island.

Toronto is a very multicultural city, a place of immigrants, like my parents.

My father's Peruvian! I actually have a lot of family in Cuzco. I'm also Swiss, Alaskan, French, Spanish and Italian.

My parents are Italian and British. They live in Berkeley now - we all moved there four years ago.

I'm proud of being Hispanic.

I think I've written about family and things in 'Taipei' which could be considered Asian culture.

I'm first generation in the country - my family's Mexican.

My dad's family is part British and Austrian, and my mother's family is from Goa, which is in the south of India. I looked different from everyone else, which now is such a blessing. It was harder at the beginning of my career.

My family is Anglo-Indian, and of the four children, I'm the only one who wasn't born in India.

My parents are Polish. I don't know anything about Italian-ness.

I relate to both my Caucasian side and my African side, and I love that.

There's a big difference between race and culture. Because racially, I'm an Indian man. Culturally, not at all.

So many people are of mixed heritage; everyone is from somewhere else.

I'm as proud to be Chinese as I am American.

I'm such an odd mix of things. My grandfather was Indian: I've got more family living in India than I do in the U.K. My old man was East London. I was brought up in Yorkshire. My great-grandfather was Irish.

I think that's what makes many Swedes jealous of immigrant groups. You have a culture, an identity, a history, something that brings you together. And what do we have? We have Midsummer's Eve and such silly things.

I think it's important to be reminded that that's what this country is comprised of - people from other countries.

My mom is African-American, Native-American, Irish, and Creole, and my father is of Jewish, Russian, and Polish descent. It's made me who I am. Because of my diverse background, I think I can relate to many different people, different stories, and different communities.

I don't consider myself an Iranian comedian; I consider myself a comedian who happens to be of Iranian descent.

My family is very international.

My husband is half Korean.