Quotes About Self-expression

I'm not saying that being gay is what defines me, but at the same time, if you feel like you have to hide it, then it becomes what defines you. You keep it hidden, and the secret becomes you.

You can hide so much behind theatrics, and I don't need to do that any more.

I have never wanted to hide my freckles. I just didn't like the way I looked without them; it didn't look like me.

Don't hide your truth.

I don't want to have to hide from the world anymore.

I'm fascinated by how much we, as women, have to subjugate and hide ourselves in order to get on in the world.

I want to be affirmatively proud of what I have made my way through. And to do that, in the same way I had to tell my father and my family and my friends that I was gay, I need to not hide this anymore.

I don't hide. I never have. I stay at home because I like to stay at home, and at home I work.

I always wanted to get into rock music so I could cover up my real personality, change my voice, and create a false self to hide behind.

I'm a goofball, and I have this huge personality, and I used to try to hide that. I used to try to kind of dim my light.

The idea that the more you hide something, the more it becomes something that's supposed to feel shameful is very true.

I learned to hide aspects of my personality. Playing with girls was fine, for example, but playing with their Barbies was something I could do only behind closed doors.

As an actor, there's nothing worse than having to hide anything, because you're just so aware of it.

I try to be me. I don't have anything to hide.

Every gay man will tell you that 'coming out' is like a weight lifted from your shoulders and beng able to walk down the street knowing that there is nothing for me to hide has been a liberating experience.

I am not the kind to hide the fact that I have used artificial means to hide or correct my features.

You don't hide the things that you love and who you are.

Sometimes hiding behind masculinity with your homies can get in the way of having a real dialogue.

People are either going to accept me for who I am or they're not. I don't know what people think I'm hiding. I've heard, 'Oh, she's not a female, she's a male.'

When you're not hiding anything, it's just very easy to be yourself - shockingly.

What once was an expression of who I was - acting - also became my hiding place.

I was hiding behind athletics and all my jockitude, so I didn't have to deal with being ostracized as the weird art kid.

All my work's been disguise, really: hiding behind the character.

You know what? At this point in my career, at this point in my life... I'm 34 years old; I don't have time to be hiding.