Quotes About Individuality

I was born with confidence in myself and who I am. Even when I was a little kid, I felt that, and I carried it all through my years. I'm 26 now, and I'm still that person. I think every woman needs to have that self-love.

It's difficult for him, carrying the name. But Axel is doing what he likes to do, and for me, if Axel's happy, I'm also happy.

I don't write with this thing in the back of my head about carrying the weight of young black women on my shoulders.

I admire Elliott Carter endlessly. But I have no ambitions to emulate him.

For one person, Haydn is most exciting. Or Bach is the most exciting. For another, it's Carter or Strauss. For me - and for any musician - all of the music is exciting. And if you don't approach it with excitement, we can't be musicians.

It makes a lot of sense to me that I would be a cartoon. I feel like a cartoon as a person. I really, really do.

I didn't want to start acting like a cartoon.

I needed to carve out my own place and find out what I was going to do.

I'm my own person, and am trying to carve out a career on my own.

I've always had this 'carve out your own existence' attitude and I'm always encouraging other people to do this, if they can. Of course not everyone has the choice. I've been lucky.

Women must learn to find self-worth within themselves, not through others. It is important to carve out a place just for you.

I do want to carry on my dad's legacy, but I also want to carve out my own path. I have to work harder, I think, just because I do have that last name. I don't want people to think that's why I am where I am in this industry. I put in the time, and I want to be just as good as my dad was.

When the band first started, it was so much about carving out some space for myself and our audience and our songs.

It's important for kids to see someone who looks like them carving his own path. I definitely acknowledge that, and I think it's super great.

In my case, I'm kind of set in my ways, I love to be me.

It is absolutely okay - actually preferable in some cases - to be weird.

When you are cast for a role, it's because of everything that makes you who you are in that moment in time. No one else has that. That's a unique, powerful thing to hold.

I think with animation there's a certain freedom that you're given. You don't have a thought at the back of your mind, that worry that you'll have to cut and go back to the top of the scene. You're not working with anyone else from the cast. It's just you.

No, I'm not too worried about type casting.

I was not someone who participated in other people's castles.

I like to feel comfortable in what I'm wearing, so I do wear a lot of sportswear. Not football training stuff, but mostly casual tracksuits and T-shirts.

Dad is very chilled out. So, whether it's his makeup or hair, he is very casual about such things. He has his own style and is very cool that way.

I like to be the best version of myself. I really love to dress well, even for a casual family get-together. In fact, before I go to bed, I imagine what I'll wear the next day!

What's the big deal if I dress casually and dance in my backyard.