Quotes About Individuality

Being a nerd is not always a bad thing. It's actually cool to be a nerd.

I call myself a nerd all the time.

We just have to accept who we are, and I'm a film nerd, for better or worse.

Amanda Seales

I'm the biggest nerd.

Playing the nerd isn't necessarily the most ego-boosting role.

I'm definitely not a nerd, not a nerd at all.

This idea of the geek or the nerd, all that person really is - and I would consider myself one - is someone who is not ashamed of liking what they enjoy.

Young people need to see that you can be a nerd and still be cool.

When I was a boy, I was called a nerd all the time - because I didn't like sports, I loved to read, I liked math and science, I thought school was really cool - and it hurt a lot. Because it's never OK when a person makes fun of you for something you didn't choose. You know, we don't choose to be nerds.

That was how we categorised ourselves in the dressing room - you were either a nerd or a Julio. Julios have got to look perfect - the hair has got to be perfect, they've got to have the right gear on, it's all about their appearance. The nerds weren't bothered about how they looked.

I try to stay away from calling people nerds or whatever, because I've got my own fetishes and interests.

The description of my character in the first few movies I did was always 'nerdy,' but I liked that; it was way more interesting.

I was a nerdy punk-rock kid.

I am not a genius. But I am nerdy.

I always enjoyed school, and I enjoyed being focused on learning - and I know that sounds nerdy, but there were so many wonderful elements of going to school with just girls. I wouldn't brush my hair.

I would say I am unapologetically nerdy. I was always a little awkward.

When I was growing up, I think I was expected to be seen and not heard. You're this little, nerdy kid; no one wants to hear about how sad you are. Nobody wants to hear that you feel lonely.

I was a nerdy jock.

All my friends in art school used to run around with this sort of what you call Beatles haircut. And my boyfriend then, Klaus Voormann, had this hairstyle, and Stuart liked it very, very much. He was the first one who really got the nerve to get the Brylcreem out of his hair and asking me to cut his hair for him.

I don't know, I think everybody deals with nerves and adrenaline a little bit differently.

If I play somebody's mixtape, if it gets on my nerves halfway through because it's too loud or everything sounds the same, it makes me want to approach every song I do differently. I don't want somebody saying, 'That's enough of this,' when they listen to my music.

At some point the label 'hard-rocker' began to get on my nerves, and I decided to break those chains. My music definitely doesn't sound like AC/DC or the Scorpions - nothing against either of these bands, they're okay. But I was fed up with that image.

I've never followed a list in my life, and that's probably what has created so much nervous energy in my body.