Quotes About Self-expression

I wear things that aren't in fashion. I wear colors that aren't in fashion. And as a result of that, I kind of bring it back. I feel like nothing really ever goes out of style. It's just what the media and what people tell people to wear. I think having your own sense of fashion is important.

I think if you're going to wear a red lip, you don't want it wearing you, so it's about finding the right colour.

I used to touch up my pictures on the computer and send them to friends. I would change colours, the design, and stuff like that.

Nobody under 40 carries a comb.

I want to develop a small make-up line myself. I want to combine all the things that I love and just create them the way I want them to be.

I'd have thought my particular brand of quirkiness, combined with sharp intelligence and a fine voice, would have yielded more. But it hasn't. Yet!

I've been seesawing between not doing too much racial stuff - because I'd rather be known as the funny comedian than the funny Chinese comedian - but at the same time embracing my voice and who I am and what makes me unique, you know, which is the racial background.

I feel like I've always thought of myself as a comedian.

I didn't really want to be a comedian.

Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.

It's embarrassing to say you want to be a comedian. Admitting that you want attention and you think you're such a laugh.

I didn't want to do comedic acting because I don't think I am very good at it.

There is this idea in comedy that you don't want to look like you care about your appearance because that takes away from what's real, what's important. And the real stuff is what's funny.

My whole thing is being sexy without showing too much, because that's my comfort level.

It is very important for me that my clothes are comfortable and allow me to feel like myself and at ease.

I'm learning that you can be comfortable and still look beautiful.

It's quite comforting to me as an individualist that we're not very close to being clones of one other.

What eventually you find in comics is the only thing unique you can bring to a character who's been around for 80 years is yourself.

I knew I wanted to do comics, but I wasn't sure what they were about or what I wanted them to be about.

I live the way I want to live, and I don't comment on the way that other people live.

I don't necessarily see my not wearing makeup as a social comment or that it's because I work in a female-dominated industry.

I don't want to be a commentator of my own work. If you've written the story, you've said what you want to say.

The more you try to look sexy, the lamer it is, so you just have to commit to the comedy.

I don't like being restricted. When I climb, I feel free and unrestricted; away from any social commitments.