Came Quote by James Gray

I was interested in immigration and I wanted to use that in the film, not necessarily to talk about immigrants, although I wanted to…

— Philippe Falardeau

Yes, I am a Mexican, and I have a past and a culture. But what matters is the film itself, not where it was…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I understand the whole constant foreigner stereotype, but for me it's important to portray immigrant characters like Jian-Yang and Danny Meng with humanity.

— Jimmy O. Yang

There just aren't enough positive portrayals of Latino life in film.

— Jimmy Smits

I feel I have a responsibility to carry out the immigrant story, since it's one that I hold very dear to my heart, since…

— Dania Ramirez

Immigrant characters now are getting much more well-rounded, and they have personalities, which is important because we do need to portray immigrants in a…

— Jimmy O. Yang

The reason for writing that essay was less a personal agenda than an attempt to explain my unease with the general label of "immigrant…

— Sasa Stanisic

I find it very interesting these days that films are bringing in so many people of different ethnicities, and I'm proud to be a…

— Freida Pinto

My father's immigrant story is a big part of who I am.

— Tom Suozzi

I think in a larger sense, immigrant narrative is comprehensive and speaks to the core of human experience.

— Andrew Lam

I think that a lot of the stories I would see was kids who are first-generation immigrants, watching them try to rip themselves from…

— Ramy Youssef

The whole film business was built on immigrants: Billy Wilder and Michael Curtiz and all these hefty lads.

— Larry Fessenden