Giancarlo Esposito Quotes

I just hope that when black people look at me, they don't see someone superhuman. They see themselves.

Each of us is precious to God because each of us has their name written on the palms of God's hands. And God says there are no outsiders - black, white, yellow, short, tall, young, old, rich, poor, gay, lesbian, straight - everyone. All belong. And God says, I have only you to help me realize my dream. Help me.

I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent.

Mostly I'm proud to be an African-American woman, but I'm glad I have a universal look as well.

In God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies.

My black brothers and sisters - of all religious beliefs, or of no religious beliefs - we all have in common the greatest binding tie we could have. We are all black people!

I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.

I'm black because I was born this way. I'm proud of it. Thank God I am who I am.

I know I'm a black actor, but really, I'm an actor who happens to be black.

I stand on the black side of issues, philosophically, politically, socially, and for me to not check that box, I felt like, would be some sort of betrayal of not only who I am but also the community I affiliate with.

I love being a mixed-race woman in 2017. I feel part of something big. There's this understanding that we're all in it together.

I'm not going to be one of those people who says, 'I'm a showrunner; I'm not a black showrunner.' I'm black when I go to sleep. I'm black when I wake up, period. It doesn't affect my perspective on everything, but at the same time, it's who I am, and I'm proud of it.

Throughout my whole time in wrestling on the road, going out and being around some of the whitest people in the world, I've never had any problems with anybody. It was never black or white. Booker T was just a wrestler. I did that by design.

I understand blackness from the inside out. What my goal is, is to allow the world to see the humanity that I know personally to be the truth.

There's not one black narrative. There's not one way to be black.

I'm African American / I'm African / I'm black as the moon.

Well who's black and what is a black person?

I knew exactly what I was, and there was no hang-up with me. None whatsoever. The fact that the pigment of my skin maybe being lighter brown than other people of my race, maybe some of them, but you know our race has all colors.

I am a black man inside and outside and you are white men on the outside, but inside, you are Africans like me.

We're all colored, or you wouldn't be able to see anyone.

Just call me black, if you want to call me anything.

I wish black people had a flag they could put into the ground, like when the troops stormed Iwo Jima.

It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.

I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.

I would say that although my music may be or may have been part of the cultural background fabric of the gay community, I consider myself an outsider who belongs everywhere and nowhere... Being a human being is what truly counts. That's where you'll find me.