Huma Qureshi Quotes

I wanted to work with people from the world, with different minds and different visions.

You get to learn so much while working in another country.

Working with so many people from all over the world is extremely enriching and stimulating.

I feel that as the world becomes more and more multicultural, it's a good tool to be able to speak another language.

I am quite international. My background, born in Turkey. My family is a Jewish family from Iran, so I went from Turkey to Iran to Israel, and then grew up in Italy and ended up in U.S. for graduate school. So I tend to look at things from an international perspective, and I think that gives you a little bit of a broader view of what's going on.

When I was growing up, I don't think I knew any other child who had been out of Sri Lanka.

I got exposed to so many different cultures and people.

I had great relationship with the Hispanic - we had a lot of Hispanics in the school actually from different countries, Venezuela, from Brazil, and they all played soccer, and I was on the soccer team, and I developed great relationships with them.

It's not easy for Chinese actors to do foreign films, and it's not easy for foreign actors to do Chinese films.

It's fun to meet people from throughout the world who you don't have to explain yourself to.

I'm writing in English; I'm writing for a Western audience, but the people I'm surrounded by in my daily life are mostly non-white.

I don't really have that much contact with Americans. I mean, I see the oddest things on the Internet, I suppose. And I've got a couple of American friends, but they are Anglophiles anyway because they've decided to come live here.

When I went to Germany, all I knew were German swear words.

I've been exposed to so many different cultures.

Turkey was a great experience for me, both personally and professionally. I met some really good people and had an excellent time on and off the pitch. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and it was great to experience a new culture.

I'm Italian and the privilege of working in my home country would fill me with pride. However, the opportunity to work in a variety of countries, learning new cultures and footballing mentalities, is also very valuable.

The best part of my career was being able to play with a lot of guys from different countries, different places, different races. That was the best part about it.

Working abroad made me better.

I'm from Norway, but I always felt like I'd grown up with British culture.

Going to Russia is going to be nothing for me. I'm going to treat it like it's the U.S. because, at the end of the day, it's one man, one ring.

There is so much to learn that I find the entire debate that Pakistani actors shouldn't work elsewhere senseless. By working in other countries, we're able to move out of our comfort zones, learn more, and bring that back to our own industry.

I've largely focused on Japan my whole career, so I was interested to see how my music would be received by people of different backgrounds, religions and cultures.

Moving abroad brings you on both as a player and a person.

I grew up in a unique environment where I was immersed in both Japanese and American cultures equally.

In general, taking soccer out of the picture, as an American living overseas, it's so cool, and I've grown so much. Now I can look at my life from a different perspective.