Sophie Okonedo Quotes

'Diverse' shouldn't be an actionable thing - it should just be.

You get into these executive offices, and people say, 'Oh, we have this project. Wait a minute, guys, we need diversity - let's choose a black actor for this; let's choose a Hispanic actor for this,' instead of saying, 'That's not diverse, that's just normal. That's what makes up America.'

I really respond to diversity, a broader landscape, with actors of different ages and races and backgrounds.

I have a responsibility to diversity onstage, but one of the things I've heard about our production of 'Boys' is that it's a bunch of white guys. Well, race is a component of this play. You can't just drop people in willy-nilly and say, 'Well, we're going for diversity.'

Diversity is strength. Our cinema and our art forms need to diversify so that it tells all stories, all perspectives.

I don't discriminate against straight or gay people in casting; I'm open to good acting.

It is accurate that the Walt Disney Company and ESPN are committed to diversity and inclusion. These are long-standing values that drive fundamental fairness while providing us with the widest possible pool of talent to create the smartest and most creative staff. We do not view this as a political stance but as a human stance.

I can't serve just the Negro cause. I've got to serve all the people of Massachusetts.

If we truly seek diversity in fiction, we have to let the needs of others come before our need to define ourselves as social justice allies.

Since becoming aware of the need to be inclusive, I've tried to make my stories broader and more representative of our world.

There is a huge business case for diversity. You will be making products for people you don't understand, you don't interact with. If you don't have an inclusive, diverse workforce, it makes you myopic.

There is no doubt a president has to govern for everyone.

If we were in a similar circumstance in the future I would want to make sure that our reporting was at least as diverse as it was during this most recent war.

I try not to discriminate against genres.

I'm a fierce advocate for diversity. Always have been, always will be.

I've just always been a proponent of having a lot of diversity in the shows I've done. I just think that's the world we live in.

Governing means governing all of the people, no matter what demographic it is, whether it'd be black, white, women, straight, gay, Republican.

We've known for a long time, and I think culturally we've accepted, that diversity is an important thing in the work of knowledge.

Every news organization should ideally be as broadly representative as possible.

True Americanism is opposed utterly to any political divisions resting on race and religion. To the race or to the sect, which as such attempts to take possession of the politics or the public education of the country, true Americanism says, Hands off!

Cultivating diversity in all its forms - of our content, products, and people - is one of our most important business imperatives.

Diversity and inclusion of women and underrepresented minorities in science should not affect the way education is handled or research is carried out. So diversity should not be a problem but rather an opportunity to involve a large talent pool.

My policies are multi-ethnic and certainly not racist.

I think, more and more in fashion now, diversity is so important because that's what the customer is.

We're able to choose our candidate not based on gender or sex or anything else other than their ideas.