Rachel Weisz Quotes

No, my family is Russian, Georgian, via Ellis Island.

Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans.

I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English.

Dad's Jewish and Irish, Mom's German and Scotch. I couldn't say I was anything. My last name isn't even Downey. My dad changed his name when he wanted to get into the Army and was underage. My real name is Robert Elias. I feel like I'm still looking for a home in some way.

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

My real last name is Flores, and Milian is actually my mom's maiden name. So it's not made up, which is cool; it runs in the family. And it actually worked out better for my career to have the last name Milian, because Flores kept me in a little box, and no one really associated me with the last name Flores.

With a name like Luis Alberto Urrea, it's political no matter what I do.

People ask where I'm from, and I say 'Los Angeles.' Then they ask again. 'Well, my parents are from Korea.'

My roots go back to West Africa, but my last name is Kirby, which is not an African name.

I changed from 'Zoo Kid' to 'King Krule' mainly because I didn't want to be called a 'Kid' when I was 20, so I just thought I'd get rid of that alias and change it now while I'm younger. I wanted to change it quick. and 'King Krule' was the first thing that came into my head.

I'm three quarters Scottish, but I sound English. I don't really see British as a race.

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 come from an immigrant culture. I'm only a couple of generations away from having been a servant girl myself.

Well, I'm Czech, but Polish, Czech, no matter, it's my name.

I'm about as Chinese as Herbert Hoover.

I have two Filipino nannies who have British passport and not me. I don't need British passport. When you were running around in an animal skin, my ancestors were building the pyramids.

I'm of Arab background.

My father is Italian, and I never met my paternal grandparents. The family name was 'Caroselli' and it was changed in the mid '50s. I think they wanted to assimilate, which was pretty common, although I love the name 'Caroselli.'

People always think I'm Jewish and changed my last name from Rabinowitz.

It's a complicated issue, but I define myself as an American, primarily.

I was a redhead when I first came to America.

When I'm in England, I know I'm a visitor, but being a white man in England with ancestry that's German and Italian, I have a history with the Romans and the Saxons. I feel some connection and ancestry here, as weird as that sounds.

It was my dad's idea to change my name from Sahatciu to Ora. He said it would be easier to pronounce.

I'm Korean-American. Not Colombian. My parents are first-generation, and I'm like... in-between, because I moved over here when I was four or five.

My siblings and I are known as ABCs, American-born Chinese.