Diane von Furstenberg Quotes

London's not a white city. So why should our catwalks be so white?

As far as diversity's concerned, there's me, there's Al Madrigal, there's Aasif Mandvi. But I'm not walking around feeling black all the time. That would stress me out.

I want to be able to let people who aren't used to seeing a Santa of color say, 'Wow, there he is.' It's time for America to diversify.

Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.

I think the rise of Asian models is an absolutely beautiful thing.

I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.

You can't have too many books featuring people of color, just like you can't have too many books featuring white people.

For me, I actively look for projects that showcase people of color.

I want to see more Asian. I want to see more Latin. I want more Indian. There's more than Mindy Kaling out there, guys! There's more than Bai Ling.

'Grey's Anatomy' is a very culturally diverse show.

I knew there were calls for diversity in children's lit, but you always wonder as a person of color, how diverse is too diverse?

I like representing different kinds of black people - showing they exist.

You can't ignore the Asian and Hispanic populations in L.A. We can let audiences know independent film is not just about white men.

There were no small brown kids as the centre of the children's fiction I grew up with.

The concept of 'diversity' was this big moral 'should.' And now with the success of shows like 'Fresh Off the Boat,' 'Empire,' 'Blackish,' and 'Jane the Virgin,' it's become this big business 'must,' which is so great.

There needs to be more film directors of colour. They bandy about the word 'diversity' a lot, but when I say 'of colour,' I mean Asian, black - I mean people of all colour. We need to have those voices given the opportunity, not told that their films will not be distributed or will not sell well abroad.

I always try to pick my parts to be as diverse as I can, and especially when you do 'Game of Thrones' for so many months of the year.

We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.

It's funny, because I've never thought of myself as a Hispanic actor, like in 'American Gangster,' I'm playing an Italian. I've always been fortunate enough to have been allowed to play all these diverse roles.

I always crave to see more stories about and by people of color, particularly new work by young black writers.

We as Americans of Latin descent are just as American as anyone else of any other descent.

Beauty is not just a white girl. It's so many different flavors and shades.

I'll be truly happy when we're not counting the number of ethnically diverse models on a fashion runway or campaign, when having a representation of the entire human race is the norm and not an exception.

The world we live in is like a Benetton ad. It's changed, and we have to appeal to a broader audience. You want younger kids of every race to be able to see themselves in the movie.

I would like to attract more minorities into the game. But it's extremely important that this golf look like - that golf look like America.