OMI Quotes

My father is an Algerian, proud of who he is and I am proud that my father is Algerian.

I'm a whole lot more than just Spanish or Irish or whatever, but definitely, it's given me help. It's given me a push, and I'm very proud of my Spanish heritage.

I lost my accent pretty quickly, so everyone assumes I was born and raised in America. But I'm very much still in touch with my Filipino roots. That will never go away.

I don't call myself Latin, I call myself Puerto Rican.

Most of my background is Filipino and partly Chinese, but mostly Filipino.

I've always been more in touch with my Ecuadorian side. I speak Spanish.

I'm proud of being from Hawaii, and I'm proud of being Hawaiian, but I'm more than that, too.

I feel so Scottish when I go abroad, and I'm so proud of it, but for me, it's not a political statement - I just happen to be Scottish.

Before doing 'Midnight's Children,' I didn't really have a chance to explore my Indian side. The Indian side of my heritage was always present, but it did not particularly define my identity. Being English was more an identity-defining status. I was born and brought up in London. Yes, my father is Parsi.

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

I say I have Spanish in me, but I'm not just Spanish. I'm proud of my ethnicities, and I will always be proud of being a Filipino.

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.

I feel more Jewish than I do Iranian.

I love my heritage! I have my mother, who is an Irish-Italian, and my father who is African, so I have the taste buds of an Italian and the spice of an African.

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 a product of my Irish culture, and I could no more lose that than I could my sense of identity.

I should not have to prove my ethnicity to anyone. I know who I am.

I'm Colombian and nothing will change that.

I am a Westerner of Westerners!

The way I see it is that all the ol' guff about being Irish is a kind of nonsense. I mean, I couldn't be anything else no matter what I tried to be. I couldn't be Chinese or Japanese.

Sometimes I have a very fleeting emotional dance with a fleeting phrase, like 'half-Mexican.'

I don't know if it's because I'm Latina or something, but I have no problem speaking my mind.

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.

A man's ethnic identity has more to do with a personal awareness than with geography.

I'm proud of my Latin American heritage.