Quotes About Acceptance

I used to hate that my lips are gigantic, and now I have huge red clown lips, and I love it.

Comedy gigs are there because you are all in acceptance that the world is not the way it should be. You have to give yourself a break; otherwise, you would sit crying in a darkened room.

When people come to my gigs, they feel accepted as they are and they feel part of this family.

I was that ginger kid who always wanted people to like him. It's hard, and you've got a big chip on your shoulder for a long time.

I never wanted to be a ginger.

Trouble is, I'm not a real ginger. I'm just a ginger-bearded, pale-skinned, strawberry blond.

It's difficult to explain a giraffe to a Bolivian who lives on the Altiplano. But when they see one, I think they'll like it.

I'm a curvy girl and that will never change.

I have never been a girlie girl and have always been a boys' girl with an equal amount of friends who were boys and girls.

I'm proud of having a girlfriend; it just doesn't have anything to do with my music.

I love women, and I have a lot of really close girlfriends, but I'm not one of those women who's like, 'Ew - that's boy stuff.'

Growing up, I was always chubby. My girlfriends were always running around in two-pieces, and I never felt comfortable to do that.

I've had past boyfriends and a couple girlfriends.

People always think there's something wrong with me because I don't have that many girlfriends but I do love girls - I love their sensitivity and all the stuff like that.

I wouldn't wish to go 'I am this or I am tha'because at some time in my life, yes I've had girlfriends, but I might fall in love with a man.

Now that we're seeing that you can be a really masculine football player and a homosexual, you can be a really girly boy who likes to dress in women's clothes, I think that it's just been adding to the whole discussion about homosexuality and society.

I hear that I dress like a boy and that I should be more girly, which I can understand, but I just focus on what I want to do and enjoy my time with fans who love me for who I am.

I think most actors go into the business thinking, 'I can play everything. Why can't I play a black woman? Just give me a chance.' Then you grow up and realize it's probably better that they cast an actual black woman.

If someone is going to give me a job looking younger than I am, I'm not going to turn it down. There are worst problems to have.

I've learned to appreciate everything that has been given to me.

Forgiving is giving up the wish that things could have been different. They weren't. That's the past. Let it go.

There are things I'd wish weren't part of ageing. But what you gain is much more than you're giving up. I don't think you come into your own until you're 35 or so.

I think giving up people is a difficult thing.

When I came out, I thought coming out meant giving up a marriage and a family. That was, to me, the most difficult part of the coming-out process.