Rick Famuyiwa Quotes

I would like to think that television would be representative of the world we live in.

The world is diverse, and it's important for us to reflect the real world.

We need to show that we know and understand and can reflect today's Britain. Today we don't.

Not to say there's not good TV out there, but I think TV is better when it accurately reflects the world as it is.

There is a huge business case for diversity. You will be making products for people you don't understand, you don't interact with. If you don't have an inclusive, diverse workforce, it makes you myopic.

The world in which we live is diverse, and I think television and film should reflect that.

We have to reflect the world that we live in.

People in big studios are like, 'People want to see other people who are skinny and happy and amazing.' But I think, nowadays, they are realising that what sells is real people from all different backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures and size. People want to see themselves represented on screen, and it's a real cool thing for everyone.

Kids need to see their world reflected back to them.

I really respond to diversity, a broader landscape, with actors of different ages and races and backgrounds.

I take the responsibility of playing another ethnicity very, very seriously, and I promise myself and those people that I will represent them with as much dignity and integrity as I can muster.

I think we need to tell stories that reflect our world.

I am not a Hispanic candidate. I am an American candidate who happens to be of Hispanic heritage, who understands the culture, who has worked the border and has a unique understanding of those issues. But rest assured my job is to represent all Americans as a U.S. senator.

I guess we're living in a pretty sensitive world and there's nothing you can do about that.

I've just always been a proponent of having a lot of diversity in the shows I've done. I just think that's the world we live in.

CNN, a part of the Time Warner company, lives for news about everything and anyone. In the office, the bosses openly discuss the need for a diverse staff and diverse stories, and each time we draw new viewers, the effort intensifies.

Theatre has always been ahead in terms of colourblind casting.

Diversity is more than just a buzzword to me. It's my life.

I think diversity is something that should be celebrated because it's who we are as a world, and little kids need to be able to turn on the TV and see real-world representations of themselves. It's very important.

I think, more and more in fashion now, diversity is so important because that's what the customer is.

I think it's incredibly important that we think about diversity in the context of the White House press corps, because it's important that the group of people there is representative of the diversity that we see throughout the country.

We want to make tennis look like America when it comes to cultural backgrounds.

It's important to not marginalize any people group in fiction. A complete, authentic-feeling world should include many different elements of life and culture. For this reason, my books will almost always contain people of faith.

'Diverse' shouldn't be an actionable thing - it should just be.

You get into these executive offices, and people say, 'Oh, we have this project. Wait a minute, guys, we need diversity - let's choose a black actor for this; let's choose a Hispanic actor for this,' instead of saying, 'That's not diverse, that's just normal. That's what makes up America.'