Bobby Kotick Quotes

We've always operated on the thesis that a company can have a personality, that people can be themselves, and be very successful in business at the same time.

I personally believe in bringing your whole self to work and being open and transparent, even vulnerable. I believe that builds trust, loyalty, and a sense of belonging and passion.

I try to bring all that I am to my work and all that I experience. That includes how people react to the way I am - the prejudice and the celebrations.

I feel the same way about Shondaland I feel about Africa and Greece. I feel pretty in both places. Men look at me like I'm a novelty, and women think I'm just cool. I feel absolutely at home immediately. I'm not altering myself to fit in. I'm walking in just as I am. And there are open arms stretched out to greet me.

I want our staff to be able to feel like themselves.

I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view.

I love the mixture that's in me. It makes me me. And that's why it's such a shame that people waste energy in denying who they are.

I know one of the reasons I first started making Youtube videos was because no one looks like me.

When I was in school, I got there on the first day and everyone had long, blonde, straight hair, and I had short, dark, curly hair. I immediately felt I didn't fit in and started growing my hair. But I've learned that I'm only happy when I am truly me and feel comfortable and confident in myself.

It's about communication. It's about honesty. It's about treating people in the organization as deserving to know the facts. You don't try to give them half the story. You don't try to hide the story. You treat them as - as true equals, and you communicate and you communicate and communicate.

I really am happy that I met my agency and my management company, because they see me as a person and not just a Latin woman.

We all have as much right to take up our space in the world as one another.

I think that anybody coming out and saying, 'This is who I am, and let me show it to you...' is good for the world.

I feel at home in Shondaland. I feel a lot of things at Shondaland, but one of the things I feel that I haven't felt before is at home. I feel accepted for who I am and acknowledged for who I am. I feel like my ideas are embraced.

Division stifles progress and prevents good ideas - no matter their source - from being heard and considered.

I've always felt like I was an actor for hire. And almost apologetic for being a woman of color, trying to stifle that voice. But I don't feel that way in Shondaland. I feel like I am accepted into a world where I'm a part of the narrative - I'm a part of it.

I don't go, 'It is now time to change Americans' perception of Muslims. It's going to be a long day.' I think you just try to be unique and try to be yourself, and if something good comes of that, then great.

I've used some of my differences as a way to stand out and to hopefully count and matter - and hopefully create an opportunity for others.

I don't want to travel around this world and have these kids treat me like I'm someone they're not, because I'm not doing anything that they can't do.

People like to pretend that all women have the same experience or that all gay people have the same experience. But everyone's life is different, and everyone's point of view is valid.

I would love for 'Hedwig' to be in every tiny shopping mall so every freakish kid like I was can have a broadening experience.

If you happen to be in an environment where people are not accepting of who you are, you just need to know that's not always the way it will be.

I don't want it to be Sonya Deville, the gay wrestler. I want it to be Sonya Deville, the awesome performer who happens to be gay.

This country gave us hope. This country allowed for us to develop our own identity and to create our own home. And we should not look down on the next person that is trying to do that.

Managers have to demand more of their HR departments, and they have to demand more of themselves. And we all have to be open to hiring people that don't look like us and that don't sound like us, and not find that threatening.