Ronnie Screwvala Quotes

My dream is that Participant is producing content in every language in every part of the world.

My perspective is cultural and world-based. It's always been a global perspective.

I am from L.A., my siblings are from L.A., but both my parents are from Guatemala, and I have a lot of family members from Mexico.

To be able to come back to Nigeria and get so much love for my work is my biggest life blessing. I've always hoped to never get lost in translation with me being British-born.

I don't think that 'Vida' is just for Latinos. I don't think 'One Day at a Time''s just for Latinos.

My dad was born in Haiti, and my mom was born in Tunisia. She is the daughter of a white French woman and a black, half-Guadeloupian, half-American man. My mom traveled the world a lot. She went through Africa, South America, and the Caribbean. She just got to experience a lot of different cultures, and that came through my childhood.

When English football started to integrate more with European football, England started to share the Latin culture more.

I am not concerned about my foreign audience.

It's really hard to get fans in another country, especially here, because America is so, so big, so it's really hard to get known in this country.

Our message has always transcended borders and cultures and is central to who we are as a brand.

Language is no barrier. I watch Telugu movies, and I really enjoy them.

Sometimes I wonder how my life would have worked out if my books had been translated into English sooner, because English is the language that's spoken worldwide, and when a book appears in English it is made universal, it becomes a global publication.

In general, in my life, one of the coolest things that I've been able to do is to go to different places and meet different people and see how they view the world and to learn what their music is and what their language is, and the food they eat and everything. That idea of the beauty of the vastness of the world has just been my life.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and you like what you like. But I felt like with 'Pride,' certainly when it was released in America, there were certain things that went on with the marketing where I though we're pandering to whatever the vibe is of that area.

I wish there was more for minorities than sitcoms. I'd like to see a soap opera about blacks. People don't live in isolation anymore.

As a child, it was really hard because I'd be thrown into a new school and have to make new friends, or I'd sit in class for months without speaking the language, but as I got older, I welcomed the possibility of discovering new cultures and languages.

I was lucky to grow up in a culturally diverse area knowing a lot of different people from all different walks of life.

I think I'm very fortunate to have a pan-Indian appeal.

There is that whole realization that I'm not just speaking to Filipinos anymore: I'm speaking to a global audience.

I grew up around whites, I grew up around Jews, I grew up around blacks, I grew up around Hispanics. We moved a lot.

There is something romantic about the world being a diverse place, where every place has a Starbucks and Denny's.

I am from Chicago, but my dad is from Karachi, Pakistan, and my mom is from New Delhi, India. So, I've got a little Paki-Indie fusion going on here.

Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.

People selling content internationally need to be highly focused on selling the right product to the right buyer. If things don't succeed on a particular network, they're not going to stay on very long.

Our diaspora has an important role in building bridges between India and the world.