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I had this belief that I couldn't just accept to be treated as an object. It was a problem of dignity.

People have always thought of me as being something, but I'm just a human being like everyone else.

I think I've become more comfortable about being a human being.

I am human. I don't think I ever put myself out there to be somebody that was perfect. I put myself out there as somebody who wanted to serve the public.

I had been told from school onwards that the best definition of a human being was man the tool-maker - yet I had just watched a chimp tool-maker in action. I remember that day as vividly as if it was yesterday.

I always thought I should be treated like a star.

At the end of the day, I'm a human being and I just think that's what it is. Challenging stereotypes by just being who I am.

I think a lot of the source of how people are treated depends on the fact if someone recognizes them as a human being or not, you know what I mean?