Quotes About Self-expression

It's just better to be yourself than to try to be some version of what you think the other person wants.

No man should have cowboys boots in his wardrobe. That's fair enough, isn't it? Unless you're a cowboy, of course.

I'm not one for wardrobe.

I am sending a memo to every man in the world: just because you make an effort with your wardrobe doesn't make you a wuss.

I totally remove myself from any costumes, wardrobe, any choreography. I could care less about that stuff.

My style is not trendy by any means; my inner artists loves to shine through in my wardrobe.

It helps with your acting when you're not in a perfect costume, perfect wardrobe, a perfectly seamed blouse, perfectly ironed hair, and perfectly done eyeshadow. It's really liberating.

It's really important for me to not follow trends because I really like the idea that a wardrobe is something that's about you, it should represent who you are and how you dress.

Clothing enables people to self-express, and that's why variety, when it comes to our wardrobe, has become more and more important over time.

Looking back on my wardrobe from 'Stranger Things,' I would probably wear a lot of it. I might style it a little bit differently but I like the pieces.

I knew when I shot the 'She Keeps Me Warm' video that the comments were not going to be homophobic... that they would be about fat-shaming. I'm a large girl making out with somebody. I knew just that sheer fact would set people off.

Usually, I just don't care what I look like. If it's cold, I'm, like, putting on whatever I have to to be warm.

You don't have to live a lie. Living a lie will mess you up. It will send you into depression. It will warp your values.

I felt that just looking at the world in general, there are so many types of people, and some hide who they truly are. And I feel that every person has some kind of warped identity inside them that they decide if they want to show or not.

I'm not really concerned with portraying this tough warrior - I mean, that's part of my job and I take that very seriously. But I don't have anything to hide, and I'm not concerned with what people think.

I'm not a social justice warrior - that was never my goal, to be a political figurehead.

I'm very wary of heroes. I try not to make them in the first place, but there was a phrase Idris Elba spoke a few years back, where he said 'It's not about being the next Denzel, it's about being the first you,' and I really took that to heart.

I'm wary about this thing about being in the generation of social networking where people are like, 'I am my musical taste.' I am not just a collection of music. Or a collection of movies. I think that's a thing that people romanticize: 'Oh my God, she likes this band so she is a dream.'

I like a good pair of jeans, but I also like putting on a nice tux. I'd rather go around in a good pair of jeans that you don't wash every day, because they get more and more comfortable.

Nobody knows what you have in you until you've done it, so I just keep pushing those boundaries, and I figure it will all come out in the wash.

When the glam metal thing of the late '80s became too glammy, then instead of having two bottles of hairspray in your hair, it became better not to wash your hair at all. To me it's all trend stuff. I don't follow that stuff. I just do what I feel is the right thing. I don't know what the reason is for that. It's not fashion.

I don't care if you get up in the morning and don't wash, don't put any make-up on, don't do your hair, even, but you have to have clothes if you want to look different.

When I was a teenager I would lock myself in the bathroom for hours, bouffanting my hair like Patty Duke and trying to recreate Barbra Streisand's flawless eyeliner, only to comb it all out and wash it all off before stepping out into the world a butchish bisexual teen.

If I decide I want to go canoeing, I've got a canoe. If I want to take my dog with me, nobody tells me I can't do it. If I want to go skinny dipping and wash my body, I can take my clothes off.