Andre Carson Quotes

Funny how defined we are by how we present ourselves to the world.

I don't know that any of us can control our own image. We are what other people see.

I wanted people to see me, to change their minds about me.

Being born in Jamaica, race was never an issue. It was always about the type of person I wanted to be, not the colour of my skin.

All I want is for people not to see me as this cartoon monster.

But people who do not know me are surprised to see me as a real person I guess.

My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.

I think for such a long time people had this misconception of who I was and what I was about.

I think that people are going to think of me however they want to think of me, whether it's female or gay or cancer or funny or unfunny.

I don't want to shut the door and only be thought of as the dark girl.

I just don't want to give anybody a reason to label me as something I'm not.

Most of us, when imagining an All-American, wouldn't picture a man who looked like me. Not even I would.

People will sometimes put each other in boxes and have biases toward one another because of what they look like or where they come from or who they are. But ultimately, it's up to us to decide who we are.

I'm not a dumb idiot just because of what I wear.

There are a million misconceptions about me but the greatest is probably that people think I'm the king of disco. I love disco but it is only one part of me.

The thing with labels is they're not for you, they're for other people. Like labels are just a word for other people to understand you and that's it.

...and yet I am what they think I am.

As women, we're always in negotiation with how we're being perceived versus how we feel.

Each person tells you who they think they are, and who they think you are.

I'd like it if people thought I was Jewish looking.

I'm very happy to have the heritage that I do, but I'm not wanting to be 'the Latino actor.' I just want to be 'an actor.'

What I do now defines who I am as a woman and how people see me; they don't see me as a little girl.

It's a little dangerous for me to get outside myself and think about how I want people to see me.

Why do people want to know exactly who I am? Am I a poet? Am I this or that? I've always made people wary. First they called me a rock poet. Then I was a poet that dabbled in rock. Then I was a rock person who dabbled in art.

Even with whatever people want to label me with, there are so many other sides to me.