Mahershala Ali Quotes

The world in which we live is diverse, and I think television and film should reflect that.

There's so much diversity on TV. It's actually reflecting American culture.

In a nation growing increasingly more diverse, it is imperative that the organizations tasked with keeping us informed reflect the same diversity.

Our culture today that we live in is getting so diverse, yet in Hollywood, there's not a lot of diversity.

We have to reflect the world that we live in.

'Grey's Anatomy' is a very culturally diverse show.

You want entertainment in general, every aspect of it, to be more of a reflection of the diverse world that we live in.

Hollywood has to diversify.

Hollywood needs more diversity.

I would like to think that television would be representative of the world we live in.

The challenge facing America in the next century will be the shaping, at long last, of a truly common public culture, one responsive to the long silenced cultures of color.

The multiculturalism of Britain is one of our greatest strengths in music, literature, and visual art, but the TV and film industry doesn't tap into the multicultural talent pool in the U.K. as much as they do in the U.S.

I think TV, at least most immediately, perhaps more so than film, is a reflection of society.

America seems much more diverse and has more exciting casting - they really take risks.

From 'Fonejacker,' multiculturalism has been a big part of my repertoire.

You can't ignore the Asian and Hispanic populations in L.A. We can let audiences know independent film is not just about white men.

Diversity matters. You want your city departments to look like the city.

I think it's really important that we have diversity - whether it's different languages, cultures - be involved in film and in the arts.

My wish would be for positive representation and more diversity coming from Hollywood.

The world is diverse, and it's important for us to reflect the real world.

Telling diverse stories is at the heart of our culture.

I'm lucky enough to live in London, which is a boiling pot of every kind of language and background and demographic and sexuality and gender, and yet most of what we're seeing in the cinema is not reflective of that.

I'm surprised that Hollywood and networks have not been diverse as other industries.

Ajax is a multicultural club, and we have found that many talented immigrant players quit when they reach puberty. So we wanted to tackle this problem with someone from the same background who had come through it. And that was Edgar Davids. During one of our fights, I pointed that out to him. But it had nothing to do with his skin colour.

If the United States is the melting pot of the world, you need entertainment - you need visuals that represent that.