Evonne Goolagong Cawley Quotes

There is this really old school stereotypical notion in Australia that to be Aboriginal you have to be black: anything but white or pale skinned. What 'The Sapphires' does is open up the conversation that I've been having my whole life, the fact that being indigenous isn't about the color of your skin; it's about your connection to your culture.

Yes, I'm proud to be indigenous. I'm half-Quechua-Huachipaeri from Peru.

People look at me and they don't see what they think is a typical Aboriginal.

A lot of my identity as an Aboriginal person is about family.

Sometimes I have a very fleeting emotional dance with a fleeting phrase, like 'half-Mexican.'

My Indigenous heritage is something I hold close to my heart.

I'm half Native American and half Mexican and I support all native peoples around the world.

Everyone who's born in the Western Hemisphere is a Native American. We are all Native Americans.

The one thing I've always maintained is that I'm an American Indian. I'm not politically correct.

I am half Puerto Rican, a quarter German and a quarter black. That was always a big issue for me - being mixed race - because casting directors tended to be very like, 'OK, are you Hispanic for this role?' 'Or is she going to be African American?'

Sometimes when Australians go overseas, it's as though the 'Aussie' is refined out of them. I don't know why. It's never happened to me, because I'm really proud of it. I'm not embarrassed about where I'm from or who I am any more. I know who I am. I don't fit in everywhere, but I know where I do fit in.

God made me an Indian.

When Pakistan beat England at cricket, my Pakistani cousins remind me how English and British I am. When they say, 'You're one of the Queen's advisers,' for them it's, 'Wow - anything's possible in the U.K.'

It's amazing to me that some kids are surprised to find out Indians are still alive.

I'm connected with my indigenous roots.

I would say my flow is Aboriginal. Look at my face, nose, lips, and eyes.

My mother's Maori, and my father's Australian. I take my strength from both my ancestors, and I'm really privileged.

I could always talk about being a Latino and having a Mexican mom and a Honduran dad and being from Honduras. That was always an easy go-to place. But on the other hand, it was a crutch.

I feel so much more connected with my Asian side than I do with my British side - of course, I'm proud of my British side.

We’re not Indians and we’re not Native Americans. We’re older than both concepts. We’re the people, we’re the human beings.

I'm probably as royal as Elizabeth Warren is Cherokee.

I felt like I was the odd one out growing up in the province because I was half-Filipino and half-German, so I wasn't full-blooded Filipina and, of course, I was the tallest in my class and I felt kind of awkward.

We all have to consciously make efforts to identify our roots and nurture them.

I feel like it has been a journey throughout the years to be accepting of my culture - I always felt different and not as accepting of it.

The stories I always see about a first-generation kid trying to erase where they came from, or trying to just be white, I would watch those shows or movies and I was like, 'I don't get this.' This isn't how I feel.