Natalie Martinez Quotes

Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman.

'Latina' has become part of the Becky G family, and I feel very proud to say that.

I'm Italian and Spanish and Jewish. I'm 100 different things meshed into one. I think that shows girls that uniqueness is beautiful. They can look at me on a magazine cover and see me in a movie and say that they have someone they can relate to.

I think being an Asian woman has been more of an advantage than a disadvantage. It helps me stand out from the rest of the entertainers out there. Again, being from such an ethnically diverse place like New York, you get comfortable and confident with being different!

I try not to put anything political on the forefront of what I'm trying to do creatively. At the same time, I do think it's wonderful when I hear people say that it's inspirational that I'm an Indian woman on camera. My life is very diverse, and my friends are a diverse group of people.

The challenge facing America in the next century will be the shaping, at long last, of a truly common public culture, one responsive to the long silenced cultures of color.

I had always wanted to do a show of girls of color, a show that showcased diversity.

I want to show every part of me and every color of me. And I think, growing up Albanian, I wanted to bring that to light.

I embrace my Latina background because I know that by doing so we will continue to break down stereotypes that may exist of Latina women.

I am a woman, and I am a Latina. Those are the things that make my writing distinctive. Those are the things that give my writing power.

I feel I'll take on the responsibility of showing the world a whole different kind of Latin woman.

I give a speech to the black freshmen at Harvard each year, and I say, 'You can like Mozart and ice hockey...' - and then I used to say 'golf,' but Tiger took over golf! - 'and Picasso and still be as black as the ace of spades.'

America is grappling with cultural diversity, and I just want to put a show on that represents the world in which I live.

In a television interview, I said that diversity in our children's books should include the adventures of disabled children, travellers and gipsies, LGBT teens, different cultures, classes, colours, religions. It shouldn't be a token gesture, nor do such stories need to be 'issue-based'.

As Latinas, we tend to be overly partial considering stereotypes. I'm interested in being naughty and edgy.

I'm very proud to be representing Latinas and women of color, young mothers and full-figured women. I just love that we're seeing different types of people on screen.

Like most Latinas, I'm not afraid to speak my mind.

I'm proud of my roots. There are not many Asians in the music industry so it's important for me to tell people where I'm from.

I am very proud to be a Latina, because that's also something that makes me very unique.

I grew up watching cinema in my country that wasn't telling stories about us, and we had to find a way to connect, and our references, our role models had nothing to do with us. And I'm so glad that it's changing.

I want to be in everything, but that's because I haven't seen someone who looks like me in everything. I want to play a superhero. I want to be the love interest. I want to write my own stuff and create my own projects. I want to be in French films.

That's what I loved about 'Community' - we had one of the most diverse casts on TV, but we didn't emphasize culture. And yet, we also didn't run away from it.

My production company, what we are trying to do is I'm trying to create content that speaks to me, and it's not one color. It's not one size fits all.

We want the diversity of the world that is around us represented both in front of and behind the camera, and on our screens as a result.

I'm pan-Latino, or whatever that phrase is. It's not a sexy phrase, but it is a sexy, cool thing. That's how I feel.