Quotes About Self-expression

Most people don't know this, but I never wanted Man Repeller to be about me. It was titled that to identify a genre of women.

I identify as a woman first, but I am also proudly trans.

I think I identify as a comedian before kind of anything else. Before I identify as a person, as a human being with empathy.

I am much more interested in defending my ideas than defending my identities.

I can't give up my own identity.

I never had to battle for my identity.

I've always had this identity thing. When I was little, I was always changing my handwriting because I couldn't decide which one I liked best.

We all need a firm sense of identity.

One doesn't want one's identity coerced.

I wonder if some artists determine their entire identity through that which they create. How dangerous! Imagine if they were to stop creating!

I'm not afraid to look like an idiot.

I think sometimes people look to players to act out, speak loudly, pretty much be an idiot. But that's not me.

I don't get hassled when I am doing a role that looks idiotic to me.

I'm 4 ft. 2 in. and not exactly a matinee idol.

I just want to show that you don't have to be changing yourself 100 percent to be someone that you're not. You don't have to change yourself to be someone like your idol. You can be someone's idol just by being you. But also, it takes a lot of work and time to be that sort of person.

When I was 16, I was doing what was popular. If I could go back, I would tell myself to not be afraid to be alone and not to follow others so much.

If I could wear sport-luxe all the time, I would.

I like my old nose. If I could get it out the cupboard and put it on, then I would.

I once said to someone, 'If I could shave my head and wear no makeup and get a part just on my talent, I would be the happiest person in the world.'

Don't get me wrong - I'm not against makeup. If I could manage looking like 'me' in a way that also read as tastefully, invisibly airbrushed, I'd sign up for that faster than you could choose a filter to do it for me.

I don't sing. If I could sing or dance, I would have done something really gross in a G-string by now - when I wasn't working and was desperate - and ruined my career.

I found myself in this conundrum of loving acting, but not liking the path that you have to take to do it. I was just never good at auditioning, so basically I decided I would just write my own stuff and if I could get a role in it, then fine.

Part of my reason for 'Session 9' was to break out, to destroy the illusion of me as 'Mr. Romantic Comedy Guy.'

I couldn't care less about what people think of me! I do what I do, and I don't care about what other people think is cool. I don't care about image!