Quotes About Uniqueness

I was a lone duck in a swan-filled pond who criticized everyone.

Rich or poor, every child comes into the world with some imperative need of its own, which shapes its individuality.

I think what makes his story unique from others is there is not really one piece of American pop music you hear today that does not have some James Brown in it.

We just dated the same guy, and that's kind of what it is. It's always a competition thing, and they compare us, but she is Rihanna. She's a pop star, and she's beautiful - she makes great music - and I'm just me, and I'm growing and working into myself. You can't really compare us. We're two completely different girls.

Nothing I do is done by popular demand.

You don't always have to be popular and do things everyone else is doing.

For the most part, I don't care about what everyone else is doing, or what is popular.

I've had people call me from bands that are very popular, and they're like, 'What do we do? We want to do what you do.' It's almost impossible to do what I do, because you would have to start in 1980. You can't just do it.

My height was not a deterrent, and it did not make me the person I am. It was like my long brown hair or my brown eyes - a physical characteristic that differentiated me from quite a percentage of the population.

I want to portray myself as myself.

Each show is a very honest portrayal of how I'm feeling that night. It can go off in any direction. The show is different every night, and that makes it much more exciting. Every evening is unique.

I'm just being P.J., that's the number one thing, I'm just being me. Like I'm not portraying something or acting or putting on something that I wouldn't put on every day in my life or doing anything that I wouldn't already be doing.

I don't want to fall into any single category. I don't want to be known for portraying drunks or heavies or saints.

The first time I ever met posh people was when I went to Manchester University to study drama, but I couldn't care less about people's backgrounds - it's all down to the individual.

You know, she was a girl. She was a female. And she wasn't like, trying to compete in a man's world and she wasn't trying to be in a man's position, she was just who she was. And I think that was like, a good thing.

I'm not interested in people positioning me next to other artists.

Acting is very personal. I don't want to be like anybody else. There are positions I would like to be in - like Meryl Streep's, for instance.

What have you given the world it never possessed before you came?

Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and free play of faculties, genius will manifest itself.

It is always possible to create something original.

I know, people have had different things to say about Marvel, about how creatively free they are or not free they are, but for me, the rule has always just been stay as good as I can possibly be, and stay one step ahead of the curve, and stay unique, and stay myself. And they seem to like that.

I want to be a poster boy for the uncool.

What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?

For me the challenge isn't to be different but to be consistent.