Quotes About Individuality

I believe that, just naturally, I'm a very soft-spoken person. Everyone tells me that on a daily basis - 'Speak up, we can't hear you,' or 'Elaborate on this.' But that's just how I am.

A lot of people believe that when you are Buddhist, you are the Dalai Lama. I'm certainly not.

And there's no way I'm going to do Dame Edna.

I am a pro-gay marriage conservative. And I'm pretty damn confident in my sexuality.

As a director, I design every movie to be true to itself, and damn it if they like it, and damn it if they don't.

If I gave a damn what other people think of me, I would be more like other people.

I don't give a damn about Hollywood.

I like men who style themselves so that I can tell they give a damn about how they present themselves, but not too much as to say that's probably what they care about most.

I have a message about how you should completely be yourself and not give a damn what everyone thinks about you. Look how you like; you're amazing how you are.

I'll go my way by myself, love is only a dance.

I dance to the beat of a different drummer.

I'd rather dance in a corner than dance in a circle.

I can't sing or dance.

No boys liked Take That, and it was weird if you did because they danced around and wore matching clothes. But I didn't grow up with a dad who told me something was manly or not manly.

I realized early on, I'm more interested in Baryshnikov than some dancer who wants to do a rock show with ballet.

I like my body. I don't want to have to change it for anything - even if that means I have to take a step down as a dancer. I don't think I'm ever going to sacrifice my figure for anyone else to accept me.

Yes, I'm a proud Latina woman, but before that - before the color of my skin, my accent, anything - I'm an actress, singer and dancer. I'm something bigger than just my background.

I realized I'm a very, very white dancer.

I am a bad dancer.

Our school systems have to realize that everybody doesn't learn the same way, and no one learns without some emotional support.

I was home-schooled. My mom wasn't a fan of public school systems.

Lots of ballplayers have their own personal music blasted by the sound systems in modern ball parks.

Drag resists conservatism in the most basic way possible, and also in the most effective way possible, because it's improper when it comes to looks, which is everything in conservative systems.

I am very ambitious and have set goals for myself. I really don't keep a tab on what my contemporaries are doing. I want to push myself as an actress and don't want to get into the rat race. With every film, I want to grow as a person and an actress. The character I play needs to change me in real life.