Quotes About Self-discovery

When I did my first film, I didn't have formal training; I didn't work under any director. I really didn't know how to make a film.

I've grown into a woman and formed my own opinions about the world around me.

Being in your forties - any woman who isn't there yet, I just have to say to you: Euphoria is coming to you.

I didn't get on TV until I was 30, which is really fortunate because you are who you are at that point.

Drama school is really a forum for making a fool of yourself.

Sex does not exist for me at all. I haven't had a boyfriend for a long time. There were only three or four in my life up until now anyway.

When I was fourteen, I was one of those kids who wore all black because it matched everything. Seriously.

I remember the first time somebody classified me as a feminist. I was in fourth grade. And I remember thinking, 'Oh, is that what I am?' At the time, I just cared about equality.

I think I have femininity, I have masculinity, but I get to use all of Jeffrey, and that's very powerful. And this is what I always thought when I went down in my little basement in San Francisco, where I grew up, and daydreamed about being an actor: It felt like this. This is what it felt like.

Even the fact that I labelled myself makes me mad sometimes, because dude, I'm just a free spirit.

I don't think I will ever understand what freedom means, but I am enjoying learning.

I'm really enjoying being single. I'm not even looking to meet anybody, which is so freeing.

I feel like I've been known for having long black hair, so when I took all my extensions out and cut my own hair, it was the most freeing thing, I think, I've ever done. That was my 21st year: I cut my hair, I was doing Broadway; I was living in New York, and I was really having a moment of becoming my individual self, and it was amazing.

When it comes to the fearless life, the divine gives nothing freely... save to those who freely give themselves to discovering the truth about their own fearless selves.

Growing up in the Raleigh theater scene was a big factor in developing the ability, which I have now, to be freely me.

When I'm playing more freely, I can show my real quality.

I think that, as you get older, you want to be freer rather than more bound.

There are individuals who can support you, but frequently, you have to risk putting yourself out there - and sometimes you just have to push.

My freshman year of high school was just awkwardness all around.

I feel like I've exhausted guys and male friendships.

I need to be frightened of things. I hate it, but I must need it, because it's what I do.

Do not try to live your children's lives out of your own frustrations.

In late 2011, I watched a documentary by Stephen Fry called 'The Secret Life Of The Manic Depressive.' He shared his story of bipolar disorder and depression, and it sounded exactly like me. I just cried.

Education is for growth and fulfillment.