Matthew Rhys Quotes

How do I let go of Maplewood? It's like Shangri-la. It's so culturally diverse, and all my children are adopted - a transracial family. And we're not the freaks. Everybody flies their freak flag high in Maplewood!

L.A. is the most accepting city I've ever been in.

Brattleboro is a very small town, but it's pretty liberal.

What I loved the most about Oakland was that all of my neighbors came in as many colors, ideas, and religions as there are people on the planet. How lucky I was to know so many people that were so different and yet so much alike!

I think the most interesting New Yorkers are the people who were not born here.

I'm an adaptable nomad. I love Paris, I've been living in Los Angeles and New York since 1990. I love London, too. My roots are inside of me.

I grew up in Manhattan, and I've always had all kinds of people around me. I've always had a very 'live and let live' point of view.

The Huddersfield that I like best is a large town with a big heart and an open mind.

L.A. is only where you live, because otherwise it's just a sprawling mass of everything, and I think if you live in L.A., you get a little network of places you go, and people you see, and when you leave town, you do miss those places and your friends.

We're just welcoming people to our city.

I believe in liberality. I’m a through New Yorker and have no narrow prejudices.

I grew up with artists and drag queens. These were just my neighbors and friends and the people who are raising me.

New York is about as cosmopolitan as it gets. It's a fairly mixed and woke town, so there weren't a lot of situations growing up where I felt like the outsider or the alien.

I have a very diverse crowd from old, young, black, white, straight, gay. It's a little bit of everybody.

My favorite thing to do is just sit outside on the stoop and talk with all my neighbors. I can go out with curlers in my hair, and nobody blinks twice. It's just sad when people want to take a picture!

When people come to my gigs, they feel accepted as they are and they feel part of this family.

I think living in the U.S. it has given me an outsider's perspective on South Africa, and something that makes South Africans shine is our warm heartedness, and how we welcome and accept everyone, we are truly a nation of community, who embraces diversity.

At Afropunk, everyone can be themselves, and I think that's beautiful.

New York is such a diverse place in and of itself, it would be ridiculous to see it otherwise.

At my shows, I've been fortunate to see every walk of life.

'Drag Race' has taught me a lot about how to form community, to take myself less seriously and lose some ego.

I think it's important to show in the 21st century that if you're gay, lesbian, trans, whatever, that you should feel just as welcome to be a wrestling fan as anyone else. You're welcome in the space.

Tolerance is the first principle of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think.

Be involved; be informed. Try to be understanding and tolerant and to appreciate diversity.

A universal style is one that knows how to embrace lovingly those not quite developed.