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		I'd like to see more Asian-American roles where the ethnicity of the character can be swapped to another. We can, of course, play the stereotypical ninja, the martial arts master, the accountant, the doctor, but we can be more than that!
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karen Fukuhara 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I once said, 'Steve Jobs is the American Xavier Niel,' but that was humour. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Xavier Niel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Eating local is a relatively new concept in American dining; for the Italians, it's a way of life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hanya Yanagihara 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ida B. Wells 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The most important thing Paris gave me was a perspective on Latin America. It taught me the differences between Latin America and Europe and among the Latin American countries themselves through the Latins I met there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gabriel Garcia Marquez 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Never met Levinson. Ever. He directed those American Express spots for us for Seinfeld, and I was off on some guest spot that I didn't even want to do... and I got talked into doing it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick Warburton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies glistening in the sun, the wide and rising plains, the great mountains and the sea. He means that he loves an inner air, inner life in which freedom lives. In which a man can draw the breath of self-respect. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ralph Bellamy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		At this point, American workers are pretty respectful of the bosses they loathe. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ted Rall 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nancy Sinatra 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Annenberg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What happens with every role, you have to trick yourself, you have to creatively find ways to explore the mental state of your character. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Irrfan Khan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		From my intimate discussions with President Obama, it is evident that India figures significantly in American geo-political, economic and strategic thinking. India is the largest democracy in the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Narendra Modi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		So they've actually - it's not that her character is a singer, but she had ambition to do that at an earlier time in her life. So I've actually sung two or three times now on the show. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Katey Sagal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've always considered myself a character actor. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Huston 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I will go to my grave being known as Marge Gunderson. It'll be on my gravestone if I have one. I don't mind that, because it was a great character. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Frances McDormand 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Hating Wall Street is an American tradition that dates back even to the days when Thomas Jefferson cursed that money lover Alexander Hamilton. And for centuries, the complaints about it have largely stayed the same: 'It does nothing! It creates chaos! It's a parasite that sucks hardworking Americans dry!' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam Davidson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'Deacon Blues' was special for me. It's the only time I remember mixing a record all day and, when the mix was done, feeling like I wanted to hear it over and over again. It was the comprehensive sound of the thing: the song itself, its character, the way the instruments sounded, and the way Tom Scott's tight horn arrangement fit in. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Becker 
			 
			
				China Crisis  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love disappearing. That's what acting is. For me it's about putting on a persona, stepping into a pair of shoes. It's my face, but I'm using it as a tool for that spirit, that character. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sally Hawkins