I never thought fashion was the job for me, because I'm Japanese. Clothes! That was a European, society thing.
It's really interesting when I go into a community where they haven't seen me before because I often get, 'I didn't know you were black.'
I'm really not sure what people think or expect me to be, but I am surprised when people say, 'You're not supposed to be like that... ' I'm not exactly sure what 'that' is, so I choose to take it as a compliment.
Because my name is Hungarian, everyone assumed I knew about Hungary. I didn't. They also assumed that if you knew about Hungary, you also knew about the rest of Eastern Europe.
There are so many people who have this idea of who I am because I'm black.
I don't like labels. I don't understand the need for them. When you define yourself a certain way, people have expectations.
It's an interesting thing about being a 'fem.' People automatically assume that I'm straight.
It's no stretch to picture me standing next to Al Pacino or Robert De Niro. Those are ethnic New York men. I'm an ethnic New York girl. Everybody has their limitations. I mean, I should never be cast as Queen Elizabeth.
I'm not completely Jewish, if you know what I mean. I know people want me to be. My father is Jewish. My mother isn't.
Some people wanted me to be the Latino quarterback. Some people wanted me to be the USC quarterback who happens to be Latino.
Nine times out of ten, people consider a nice little Jewish boy the kid who grows up and sits behind a desk preparing your taxes. I've certainly broken that stereotype in many ways.
I despise stereotypes. A gay man can be a macho athlete, or he can be an interior designer or any career in between.
Let's call a spade a spade: when people look at me, they say, 'Oh, she's the androgynous one.' I'll tell you what type of character I would never be offered out there: The femme fatale. Or the white-trash, heterosexual hillbilly.
