Top 60 Diane Guerrero Quotes

It’s sometimes a little embarrassing to take selfies, but sometimes I want to take a selfie because I’m like, ‘Oh I look cute. I like my hat. I like what I’m wearing, and I want to show it off.’

I went through depression, which is something that we don’t often talk about when we look at undocumented communities and deported families.

I want to be viewed like a serious actress, and I’m afraid that people are just going to see me as the poor little girl whose parents were deported when she was 14.

I want to live in a country where we believe in helping each other, where we see where resources are lacking.

I always thought, ‘Wow, I know I have an important story to tell,’ but I never really thought it would happen.

I am conscious of the community that I’m representing and don’t play into stereotypes.

Sometimes I want to bury myself in bed, and I don’t want anyone to know anything about me, and I don’t want anyone to judge me.

If you have money, donate it. If you have time, donate that time. If you have a story to tell, share that story. There’s a list of things you can do, and even educating yourself is a form of revolution in my opinion.

Since when is it good to separate a family?

While awaiting deportation proceedings, my parents remained in detention near Boston, so I could visit them. They would have liked to fight deportation, but without a lawyer and an immigration system that rarely gives judges the discretion to allow families to stay together, they never had a chance.

I was voted Most Happy-Go-Lucky in high school. Can you believe that? I was crying every other day by myself, but I was voted Most Optimistic and Most Likely to Have Her Own Television Talk Show.

I am representing my community, in a sense, especially given the fact that there are not as many Latino actors out there.

Freedom has not always meant the same for everyone in this country.

There are some days that I have to remind myself, and I have to give myself affirmations, and I have to go to yoga or do something nice for myself. I get nervous about putting myself out there, but I want to encourage others to use their voices, too.

For me, picking a college was really difficult. I wish I had had my parents there kind of supervising me. But I chose well. I did OK.

Anybody who lives in Colombia knows that if you don’t have any money – I tell you what – you don’t have many options.

I’ve experienced colorism in that way: where if you’re lighter, then you’ll potentially be accepted into society better than if you were darker-skinned.

I can be very moody.

Just sharing who you are – there’s so much value in that.

Throughout my childhood, I watched my parents try to become legal but to no avail. They lost their money to people they believed to be attorneys but who ultimately never helped. That meant my childhood was haunted by the fear that they would be deported.

I dreamed of being an artist.

It has never been illegal to be a refugee.

Crazy Jane is a complex individual who always has a lot brewing. She tries to hold things together on the surface, which is something that we all try to do. She uses these different personalities to try to cope with life.

I was lucky enough to be with my parents until I was 14. Having my parents tell me that I could do anything. I was special. I matter.

I think despite what we’ve seen on TV, people like seeing women and knowing about women’s stories and their struggles and their truth. I think we’ve seen it in a lot of these shows – when there’s a cast of all women, it does very well.

I want to present the immigrant community in more of a real light.

My father was desperately trying to be a legal contributor to this society.

I worked a variety of jobs in retail and at coffee shops all through high school. And, though I was surrounded by people who cared about me, part of me ached with every accomplishment, because my parents weren’t there to share my joy.

I know my family loves me, but the hardest part is to love myself.

I remember when I was younger, older folks would say to me, ‘There are three things you don’t talk about at a dinner party: religion, politics, and money.’ But I think the truth is quite the opposite.

Once I started advancing in my career, I stopped wanting to hide from my reality.

My job as an actor is to be visible and to tell stories.

I want immigration reform to come into fruition, and I want it to be comprehensive, and I want it to have a path to citizenship, and I want to be involved politically every day.

Once my family was taken, I became fully aware that my community matters less to some people. That we are treated differently because of the color of our skin or where our parents were born.

Some people have issues in their past that might make them tweak out at certain moments, but it’s possible to snap back and be a real human being.

Love yourself no matter who you are or where you come from.

We should be a nation that welcomes immigrants, keeps families together, and ensures that everyone gets a fair day in court.

I want us to all look at ourselves and look at our stories. It doesn’t matter where you come from or what journeys you’ve taken. Your stories matter, and they’re powerful.

I think one of my best qualities is my ability to empathize with people. Perhaps it’s because my journey has been so bumpy.

When I’ve been asked in the past about my dream role, I always expressed how much I’d like to be a superhero.

Whatever the reason is, I am happiest when connecting with the human experience. It lets me know that I’m not alone in this world.

When you’re the child of undocumented immigrants, you learn to keep your mouth shut.

It’s disheartening to see the hate speech and the divisive behavior. But at the same time, I have to believe that smart people and good people of this country don’t give in to that.

My real story is this: I am the citizen daughter of immigrant parents who were deported when I was 14. My older brother was also deported.

I think people want immigration reform. I think people want to see a path for citizenship. I don’t think we as a country want to discuss this in the way we do. I don’t think we want to separate families. I don’t think that’s part of our values.

I think it’s always been sort of difficult for people of color to celebrate the Fourth of July and really understand what that means.

We have a lot of comments on the news, we have a lot of rhetoric over what an immigrant is and what a deportee is, but you don’t hear any real stories. I don’t think we ever had the chance to really tell our side.

Even kids who haven’t had firsthand experience with the immigration system, I want them to know how families are affected and what kind of system is in place.

When you watch ‘Doom Patrol,’ you’ll see most of the characters are trying to run away from their feelings and their emotions, and the minute they take a second and look at themselves face to face, that’s when things can actually get resolved and get one step closer to peace.

I feel like you can’t really be truthful as an artist and empathize with the human experience unless you know your truth, and you’re not living a lie.

We need comprehensive immigration reform so that we’re not creating this cycle of poverty and depression and everything that comes with separating a family.

Growing up without my parents by my side is a weight I still carry today.

I always wanted to, to the smallest detail, make my parents proud.

My parents were desperately trying to become documented citizens of this country and tried very hard to get there, but to no avail.

All of the characters on ‘Doom Patrol’ explore traumatic pasts, how to deal with those pasts, and how that affects their present and their future.

I definitely had to pave my own path, which wasn’t always the easiest thing to do.

People tell me to go back to my country, and I’m an American.

As much as it’s been difficult to tell my story over and over again, it has been the best thing that has ever happened to me.

We were like any other family with the same troubles and some of the same happy moments.

My family is broken.