Daniel Humm Quotes

Well, I'm Czech, but Polish, Czech, no matter, it's my name.

I didn't emphasize my Jewishness because I wanted to. I just happen to have been raised in a family where everybody happened to talk like this, so why would I talk like somebody else?

I grew up Mexican.

I don't think I related to the Irish Catholic surroundings that was my environment when I was growing up.

Every day I think about where I come from and I am still proud to be who I am: first, a Kabyle from La Castellane, then an Algerian from Marseille, and then a Frenchman.

I was raised with a huge Armenian influence, always hearing stories of Armenia, celebrating Armenian holidays.

I'm about as Chinese as Herbert Hoover.

I grew up in a predominantly Caucasian neighborhood, but my mom is Filipino-Spanish and my dad is Irish.

I think it's important to be extremely proud of one's origins, especially when you are a foreign actress with ethnic features.

Before doing 'Midnight's Children,' I didn't really have a chance to explore my Indian side. The Indian side of my heritage was always present, but it did not particularly define my identity. Being English was more an identity-defining status. I was born and brought up in London. Yes, my father is Parsi.

When I was growing up, we spoke Egyptian, we ate Egyptian food, we had other Egyptian friends. It was my father's preference.

I really didn't grow up religious, and I didn't grow up acknowledging my Muslim identity. For me, I was a British Pakistani.

Being from Africa is the best thing that could have ever, ever happened to me. I cannot see it any other way. All of my fundamental principles that were instilled in me in my home, from my childhood, are still with me.

I've known where my heritage is from all along.

I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with.

The fact that food plays such an important part in my films has everything to do with my family.

What it depends on is someone's upbringing and the traditions and that is how you decide if you are Jewish or not.

I want my daughter to grow up with memories of home-cooked meals, just as I did as one of seven children by Moroccan parents.

My grandmother valued her Southern roots, folk culture, and healing.

I grew up in a very cultural household, but part of our culture is that we don't really take photos.

My husband and I grew up in India, so saag and tikka sauces are very nostalgic for us.

I have never been to Jamaica and in footballing terms, I feel English because this is where I grew up and played all of my football. That is not to say I don't have immense pride in my Jamaican heritage - I certainly do.

I grew up a Tamilian.

My whole British culture in growing up is still with me for sure. I'm very grateful for that.

I'm very much an Arab, although I need to practise my Arabic more.