Quotes About Self-expression

One of the difficult things, especially about blogging, is that you put all of your personal out there, into the political. And what's been difficult, for me at least, is trying to keep some of the personal for myself.

I had a lot of difficulty growing up in a society where everything is very closed-minded, especially with beauty.

I used to write books and plays in my mind, but I doubt that any of them would have been above the level of the cheapest dime novel.

I can't be diplomatic or compromise or take crap from people, so I'd probably make an exit way before I even made a proper entry into Bollywood.

A bonus: You don't have to diet to direct.

I'm currently trying to direct my own material.

I want to write and direct and kind of do my own thing.

I started as an actor, then became a theater director. I loved acting but didn't feel as confident as I needed to be, so I started directing theater; then I played in some movies, and then I felt the need to do my own stuff.

I love directing, and I will direct myself a few times.

I'm not confused about what's happening in fashion, because I follow my own direction and go.

I had a casting director tell me to be blacker.

I find it kind of weird that directors want to put themselves in their films.

I'm a boots girl. I always wear boots. They only look better when they get dirty.

I'm comfortable airing my laundry. I don't think one thing's dirty or clean. It's just what I wear.

I seem to disappoint people a bit. They want the full regalia - but I don't walk around in a corset the whole time.

If you want to be an entertainer, then go be an entertainer and give people what they want. If you want to be an artist, then you have to be true to yourself, and you have to be prepared to confront expectations - and you have to be prepared to disappoint your fans, too.

Dark lipstick on me is both a risk and a disaster.

If my dancing is a disaster - it doesn't define me as a person.

To me, even what the glossies would consider a fashion disaster are still self expression.

As for discipline and rules, I confess, I've never been good with either.

Products are a way to connect with - or disconnect from - who you are.

I didn't want to sit around and wait for someone to discover me, so I created my own self through the Internet.

I'm still enjoying discovering more designers and getting to play dress-up in a bigger way than I ever have before.

In a way, 'Billy Elliot' was autobiographical. I can't dance, but I think his dancing was me discovering about writing and literature.