Rachael Stirling Quotes

My children are English, and both of their mothers were English.

I'm Austrian, but my mother was Slovenian.

My mother's Polish; my dad was Irish.

I feel more Scottish than Norman.

My dad's half-Lebanese, my mom is full Lebanese. I'm three-quarters Lebanese. Irish-Lebanese.

My dad's Russian. My mother's English. I would say my bottom half is Russian.

My parents are from Scotland and my sister and brother were both born in Scotland so my heritage is from there.

My mother was from upstate New York; she's of Irish and German descent. My father was from Ghana.

I am an eighth Chinese, and I come from a large Chinese-American family in Los Angeles.

My parents were born in Korea. They spent a good part of their life in Korea.

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.

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

I'm about as Chinese as Herbert Hoover.

My father's Peruvian! I actually have a lot of family in Cuzco. I'm also Swiss, Alaskan, French, Spanish and Italian.

I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British.

I'll be a Quebecker-Canadian. I'm from Quebec, and every time I go to a country, I say that. It's my roots, my origins, and it's the most important thing to me.

I've known where my heritage is from all along.

My mother's background was Scottish. She came from an old family, some of whom lived in upper New York State and some of whom had come over from Scotland.

I know I'm British. I haven't spent much time in the U.K., but my parents are British, my family heritage is British, so if I wasn't British, what would I be? I am British.

My heritage is English, so I'm proud to be back here.

I've always felt very 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.

My parents are Polish. I don't know anything about Italian-ness.

My great grandparents are Scottish, and I have this very tenuous connection which I try and bump up whenever I can, because I'd much rather be Scottish than English.

My parents have always been very concerned of making sure we know who we are and where we come from. I have to give them credit for that. Knowing your roots is quite important.