Freida Pinto Quotes

I wasn't sure if I wanted to put that out there so blatantly, so that before you listen to me you know that I'm Asian. But I thought it was sort of cool to embrace the Korean half of me, which I love.

I don't consider myself an Iranian comedian; I consider myself a comedian who happens to be of Iranian descent.

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.

My heritage is really important to me. I've always had that olive complexion and the squished nose, and I just think it's important to do the best I can to be a good role model.

I'm certainly proud to be Cuban American, and it's a fantastic opportunity for anybody - regardless of their ethnicity or nationality. It does carry a measure or pride to know where you're from and to know what your roots are.

I'm about as Chinese as Herbert Hoover.

My dad's family is part British and Austrian, and my mother's family is from Goa, which is in the south of India. I looked different from everyone else, which now is such a blessing. It was harder at the beginning of my career.

I relate to both my Caucasian side and my African side, and I love that.

There's a big difference between race and culture. Because racially, I'm an Indian man. Culturally, not at all.

I'm proud of my Latin American heritage.

I always wanted my kids to be proud of their heritage.

I want children to feel proud of their heritage.

We all want to be identified as someone cool, and I have struggled with repping where I'm from and my heritage before. It's part of growing pains. But when people see me being proud of what I am - and they are what I am too - it makes them proud. That's why I try to represent my Asian and my black side.

I've got that Mexican blood in me.

I have the Mexican blood. I'm proud to be Mexican.

I'm a whole lot more than just Spanish or Irish or whatever, but definitely, it's given me help. It's given me a push, and I'm very proud of my Spanish heritage.

For once in my life, I wanted to flaunt my Asian side instead of hiding it to fit as somebody else... 'Crazy Rich Asians' made me want to get in touch with my roots, instead of running away from them.

All the events that have made up the character and fabric of British culture and everything that has happened to make up the fabric of America culture - art and music - includes the faces and the colours of a lot of people.

I want to represent my color and ethnicity. To be proud of our heritages is really cool.

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.

Every day I think about where I come from and I am still proud to be who I am: first, a Kabyle from La Castellane, then an Algerian from Marseille, and then a Frenchman.

I am Jewish and proud of this culturally and ethnically - the ways in which I was born this way and am happy with whom I am.

Before doing 'Midnight's Children,' I didn't really have a chance to explore my Indian side. The Indian side of my heritage was always present, but it did not particularly define my identity. Being English was more an identity-defining status. I was born and brought up in London. Yes, my father is Parsi.

I say I have Spanish in me, but I'm not just Spanish. I'm proud of my ethnicities, and I will always be proud of being a Filipino.

Yes, I am a Mexican, and I have a past and a culture. But what matters is the film itself, not where it was financed or cast.