Tony Judt Quotes

But I don't think of myself as a foreigner or a Frenchman! I just think of myself as a director. Whether I'm French or Australian or whatever, it's really not important.

I wanted to wash off the experience of Africa but obviously I couldn't because that's who I was.

I don't feel like I have to be nationalistic French because I'm afraid of losing whatever. No, no, no, no. And also I don't think we are the best.

I am Irish as a person, but I feel Jewish as an actor.

I knew from an early age that people didn't see the different sides of me. I formulated a kind of bi-cultural identity quite early, and I was always very comfortable with it, but I knew people didn't quite see that.

As an Italian-American, I have a special responsibility to be sensitive to ethnic stereotypes.

Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice.

Sometimes my ethnicity is relevant, other times not. I definitely get the best of both worlds.

One of the things that I am happy about in my life as an artist is that I am not considered a Hispanic artist.

I remember as a kid being asked if I was Jewish or Irish. I said, like the glib little 15-year-old I was, 'You can be both.' Feeling very pleased with myself. Before they smacked me.

I'm like half Brazilian and half American now.

My mom is African-American, Native-American, Irish, and Creole, and my father is of Jewish, Russian, and Polish descent. It's made me who I am. Because of my diverse background, I think I can relate to many different people, different stories, and different communities.

I don't see myself as either Irish or American, I'm a New Yorker.

We can serve as bridges, we who identify as hyphenated Americans, because we are all global citizens, and that's why being cognizant of our histories is important.

With a name like Luis Alberto Urrea, it's political no matter what I do.

I don't think Latino; I think like me. If that happens to be Latino, then I guess that's me. But it doesn't affect my comedy in any way.

Like the ancient Silk Road itself, 'The Sound of Silk' will make the foreign familiar while challenging long-held notions of identity and our place in the world.

I don't really know what feeling Japanese or Haitian or American is supposed to feel like. I just feel like me.

Colombian culture has had a huge influence on me and taught me a different way of looking at things - I was always different from the people I went to school with, and I learned to embrace that.

I think the knowledge of where you come from gives you more of an affinity for understanding different cultures and learning.

It's very white in Guernsey, not racist, but there's not a lot of understanding about different cultures there. So I grew up there then moved to Brighton and found all these other people with different experiences, different narratives.

I want to represent my color and ethnicity. To be proud of our heritages is really cool.

Aladdin' was one of the few things that I watched as a kid where I was like, 'Oh, that guy looks like me and has a similar culture to mine.'

Telling diverse stories is at the heart of our culture.

That thing, multiculturalism, has basically taken over the curriculum, or what is taught in the public school system.