Hari Nef Quotes

You can be fun and sexy and still care about issues. I'm excited that people are starting to listen to what I have to say. And if they misunderstand, that's OK. I'm still the new kid on the block. With time, they'll see what I'm about. I'm not going anywhere.

In creating my YouTube videos, I don't want to speak for my audience and the people I represent; I want to amplify their voices.

I never tried to put myself in situations where I had to be anything other than what people saw on TV.

When the men are silent, it is our duty to raise our voices in behalf of our ideals.

I'm worried about looking like a bad person when, in fact, I try to be a good person. I don't like the public image that I've been dressed with and it worries me.

I've learned how to measure what I say. Al Sharpton in 1986 was trying to be heard. I was a local guy and was like, 'Y'all are ignoring us.'

I want to be the voice of the people; black, white, everyday, oppressed people. A person trying to make it and to do it right.

People don't need to necessarily see me in the jersey to understand who I am and what message I'm trying to get across with the things that I'm marketing.

I'm not a sex symbol.

I know one of the reasons I first started making Youtube videos was because no one looks like me.

I just think that the whole diva thing is a misrepresentation of who I am.

My outspoken beliefs have been embraced, but I don't consider myself an activist. Maybe people consider me as that, but it's not anything outrageous or bad I can't live with.

I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't live my life like that. And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy.

In the 20s, you were a face. And that was enough. In the 30s, you also had to be a voice. And your voice had to match your face, if you can imagine that.

I just want to be known for things other than my sexuality.

I can only speak for myself, and hope people hear my words and see me on television speaking for myself. And, hopefully, they'll be able to make their own judgment. And at the end of the day, I just want my work to speak for itself.

My public image is absolutely not a fair reflection of who I am.

I was a bigger-than-life persona before I was anyone in my own mind.

f you don't have a seat at the table, then bring a folding chair.

Playing a character for four years, in people's minds, that's who you are.

There's something very important about films about black women and girls being made by black women. It's a reflection as opposed to an interpretation.

I'm going to take part in the elections, not just as a candidate but as a mouthpiece for those who can't become candidates.

I think I was lucky to be a little older when I became famous. But still, the shock of the world starting to treat you in a weird way... I had come from the army, where we had to deal with life or death, and suddenly, people were asking whether you were cool or not. I have never cared about whether I'm cool.

The biggest strength we have as Democrats is encouraging people to speak up about what is in their best interest.

If I were to do some outlandish role, I always made sure I'd be on Johnny Carson to show that I wasn't that person that I played. I'd be myself. And so people got to know me, I think, and I think they know that I'm honest and truthful and real.