Michelle Gomez Quotes

I tell people, 'I'm American. I act.'

I've always felt very proud of Wales and being Welsh. People are a bit surprised when I say I'm Welsh. I was born in Wales, went to school in Wales and my mother was Welsh. I'm Welsh. It's my place of birth, my country.

We are Englishmen; that is one good fact.

I don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, but I have no such thing as national pride. I don't feel proud that I am Iranian. I happen to be who I am.

I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I don't ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was a Scotsman and I will always be one.

I'm Colombian and nothing will change that.

My great grandparents are Scottish, and I have this very tenuous connection which I try and bump up whenever I can, because I'd much rather be Scottish than English.

It is my strong belief that the Chinese people are just as proud as we Americans are proud.

It would be absurd to say I'm not British - you can hear it when I speak.

I am so proud to be Ukrainian, and I'm also so proud to be an American.

I've always had a complex relationship towards my identity as an American.

I do feel very American. I think it's something I'm proud of and proud to be by chance born here. Honestly, that's something I think about.

All I know is that I'm proud to be Filipino.

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

I'm three-quarters Russian, so I've always felt an outsider. But I don't think you can be in a play with John Of Gaunt's 'This sceptred isle' speech and not feel proud to be British.

You can call me whatever you want to call me, but I am an American. No one can take that away from me. No, no one can.

I talk about being Australian a lot.

It took me many years to understand that my identity is more Israeli than Jewish.

I wasn't sure if I wanted to put that out there so blatantly, so that before you listen to me you know that I'm Asian. But I thought it was sort of cool to embrace the Korean half of me, which I love.

I think it's unfair to criticise someone for not being Welsh, but the smaller the nation, the more patriotic you seem to be.

You carry your country with you, it's part of your baggage.

It's a complicated issue, but I define myself as an American, primarily.

I'm fiercely proud to be Scottish.

I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places. Most Icelandic people are really proud to be from there, and we don't have embarrassments like World War II where we were cruel to other people.

My heritage is English, so I'm proud to be back here.