Quotes About Self-expression

We have to trust that our stories deserve to be told. We may discover that the better we tell our stories the better we will want to live them.

People have to do what they want to do.

For me, something dangerous would be playing thebabe in a huge studio film. That would be terrifying because I'dstink... I want to explore human beings on as deep a level as I can.

I'd just like to inspire people to be themselves and do what they want and not conform to the rigid guidelines of the music or entertainment business.

As a rapper, I feel like image is always important but even more so than image, I really love clothes, that's why I don't use stylists. I want to do it myself because I really love it.

Sometimes in life you don't always feel like a winner, but that doesn't mean you're not a winner, you want to be like yourself. I want my fans to know it's okay.

I'm my own person, and people can say whatever they want. I'm still going to be the person that I am.

I can't wear flat shoes. My feet repel them. I was in agony. My high heels had left my feet bleeding. Laugh all you want, my feet hurt

You look like a normal person, if you can find a normal person who wants to look like that.

A lady wants to be dressed exactly like everybody else but she gets pretty up- set if she sees anybody else dressed exactly like her.

Every time you state what you want or believe, you're the first to hear it. It's a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don't put a ceiling on yourself

I've been messing around in the studio the last couple of years. But I don't want to worry about being taken seriously as a singer. It just really feels good to do it.

Why do I act like this, agreeing when I really disagree, letting people force me to do things I don't want to do?

I wouldn't be myself if I weren't always trying to be someone else. I only have so much time on this earth and I want to be as many people as possible.

Don't force me into saying what I don't want to say, and what I won't say.

It's my future and my life and I can't make myself live the way someone else wants me to.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm learning to not want to be someone else, to just be who I am, as is, with nothing extra added on.

To have that mentality of wear whatever you want, be whoever you want to be, on and offstage. This is who I am.

Acting is always going to be number one, but what I learned in film school, I want to make that happen too, so Im going to actually start working on my own.

You can't write something actively trying to please everyone - you're going to end up with watery soup that way. You just have to write stories you would want to read and hope that people like them.

I am confident and not trying to hide my bump. I actually want to accentuate it.

Women are much more comfortable making their own style rules now. They want pieces that will make their busy lives easier.

There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type.

People have asked me, what about your tattoos when you're ninety? Why would it bother me then? I would still want to get tattooed even when I'm a grandmother.