Jessica Fox Quotes

I talk about being Australian a lot.

We moved, and there was a golden era in the '40s when we were so conscious of who we were as Australians.

I know my own heart to be entirely English.

I don't really want the kind of Englishness that I have represented.

I'm always going to be a New Zealand fighter. I'm a Kiwi, of course, and I've still got my New Zealand passport.

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

I'll never forget where I'm from, never forget my roots. It doesn't matter where I live. I'm English, simple as that.

I prefer people to see me as an Ivorian and as a patriot.

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

I'm Scottish first, and it's odd to hear that I'm a Scottish-American.

I'm Jamaican, man. I'm Jamaican first. You gotta understand that's where I'm from. That's home. That you can never take away from me. I'm a Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter.

I'm Australian! How much more alpha can you get?

It’s a little strange, this obsession with the flag. It’s incomprehensible to someone who comes from a country where the flag has, so to speak, disappeared, where any nostalgia and concern for it is a sign of an attachment to the past…

I am Turkey. To destroy me is to destroy Turkey.

Each nation grows after its own genius, and has a civilization of its own.

The Australian cast of mind is not something I would want to be without - and I couldn't be without. It's not a choice.

I was born in Australia and am proud of my Australian provenance, but I am now an American. Like so many naturalized citizens, I felt that I was an American before I formally became one.

If I look at my make-up, Canada is a huge part of what I am.

I'd rather be Welsh than English, that's for sure.

I am very proud of my Australian roots.

Forgetting the importance of national landscapes, cultures, national behaviours, reactions, and reflexes is a big, big mistake.

Australia is my lens. I cannot see the world any other way.

I'll always see myself as a British filmmaker, powerfully so.

National identity is something that's directly connected to our personal experiences and the decisions we make, the roads we decide to take at certain points in our life.

I am a proud Englishman, having been born and raised in London. However, I am just as proud of my family's Irish heritage and my affinity and connection with the country.