Catriona Gray Quotes

The Philippines, it might be said, is a country in search of an identity.

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

I was born in America, but I consider myself a Filipino.

It's in your DNA to be a Filipino; how can you just turn your back on it?

All I know is that I'm proud to be Filipino.

I am an Indian, so I do yoga.

I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English.

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.

Sometimes when Australians go overseas, it's as though the 'Aussie' is refined out of them. I don't know why. It's never happened to me, because I'm really proud of it. I'm not embarrassed about where I'm from or who I am any more. I know who I am. I don't fit in everywhere, but I know where I do fit in.

I'm slowly feeling more Chinese and feel I should be more proud of being Chinese and appreciate where I've come from.

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

I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.

Am I Latin? Am I American? What the hell am I? I love my culture and I'm very proud of my culture.

In a sense I've made the same film over and over again. In all of them I've asked, 'Who are we as Americans?

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 Turkey. To destroy me is to destroy Turkey.

When you're biracial, you can feel like you're fully neither, not fully both. But I won't strip away my heritage for anyone's comfort.

I exist in this hyphen. I'm an Indian-American-Muslim kid, but am I more Indian, or am I more American? What part of my identity am I?

My mama is African American and from Wisconsin. My baba was born in Iran. My parents have stressed the idea of creating your own path, and creating your own identity is part of that. That's why embracing these two cultures is important to me.

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

When I was finishing 'Now You See Me 2,' I remember thinking about exploring the Asian-American identity side of my brain.

Americans, perhaps more than most people, have pondered the question of who they are and what their country is.

I'm American; I was born and raised in America, and I don't want to fake who I am to fit a stereotype.