Vijay Sethupathi Quotes

I don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, but I have no such thing as national pride. I don't feel proud that I am Iranian. I happen to be who I am.

I'm not really clear what the whole deal is with flags. I like my flag, but I wouldn't die for it. There's issues of identity, of course. That's going to always come in. I, for example, don't want to be called a 'North Britisher.' I want to be Scottish.

But now all of a sudden some idiots in Taiwan start to say that they are not Chinese. Their grand parents were Chinese. But for some reason, they feel they are not Chinese.

I was born a proud daughter of Pakistan, though like all Swatis I thought of myself first as a Swati and Pashtun, before Pakistani.

I do consider myself as being French, I suppose.

I see myself as British, and I want to be celebrated by Britain.

I definitely feel Russian inside, even when I'm in America I feel Russian.

I am neither a Serb nor a Bulgarian, I am a South Slav.

I don't necessarily feel like I'm American. I wouldn't know what that feels like.

I'm more Filipino than I am German. I guess I shouldn't be ashamed to say that.

I speak Tamil well and I am proud to be living as a Tamil. but above it all, I am very proud Indian!

I'm proud of who I am, and I'm proud I grew up in Puerto Rico.

It took me many years to understand that my identity is more Israeli than Jewish.

The French no longer respect their language, because they no longer love themselves, and, no longer loving themselves, they no longer love what was the instrument of their glory - their language.

The homeland affects you directly: it affects your body; it affects the collective mind and the collective heart and the collective spirit.

I feel so much pride to represent my community and be Latino. No doubt about it, above my career and sales being a Latino comes first.

I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why.

I'm Irish on St. Patrick's Day. I'm Italian on Columbus Day. I'm a New Yorker every day.

I've never stopped being Argentine, and I've never wanted to. I feel very proud of being Argentine, even though I left there. I've been clear about this since I was very young, and I never wanted to change.

I've always felt very English.

I'm grounded in who I am, and I am a confident black man. A confident, Nigerian, black, chocolate man. I'm proud of my heritage, and no man can take that away from me.

I don't feel any connection to Russia.

It has, therefore, been a favorite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall, that the original British stock flourishes in its unmixed purity only among them.

It's really hard because obviously people label you as a British East Asian actor. And I'm just from Salford; it's where I was born.

I'm Irish, I'm from New York, and I definitely have issues.