Quotes About Self-discovery

I'm gay, and I was born this way.

When I was 14, I felt very rundown; I had a home to go to, but I felt like I was 60 or something, older than I feel now. And I don't know if it's something that happens at 14, or whether it was adolescence or whether I was gay, or closeted gay, or whatever it was, I felt that.

Discovering I'm gay just sort of happened much later in life.

I've been gay since the day I was born.

This is going to sound really sad, but I didn't really have any heartthrobs when I was growing up. I was a bit of a geek.

My sexuality's very fluid, and my gender is very fluid.

Be kind to yourself and take the time you need to define your gender and sexuality in a way that feels safe and right for you.

There are challenging days - but I'd tell people they should really do what they are interested in and not think about their gender.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a boy. I really had gender issues.

By December 2009, I had come to terms with my gender identity just as I was deployed to Iraq.

I still don't know what genre I fit into. I want to try my hand at different things and find out what I am best at. I want to discover myself as an actress.

If a show is good, it helps people learn about themselves in some way and in some function. Whatever the genre is, if it's executed well, audiences grow and learn from it, and that's where their passion and enthusiasm comes from.

But I don't think there's any reason to get married again, especially after what I've been through.

I don't think I'll get married again. I'm not looking for it. What I can say about my divorce and my failed engagement is that I learned where my bar is.

I got married before I found myself. People should find themselves before they get married.

I didn't think I would ever get married, and that was a choice.

I spend a lot of time dancing in gay bars and want my gay friends to be able to get married, but I don't know if I ever want to get married and have kids. And I think that's a common struggle.

I didn't want to get married.

As I started getting older, I realized, 'I'm so happy!' I didn't expect this! I wasn't happy when I was young.

As an actor, I don't really think you find yourself. I mean, once you find yourself, I think it becomes boring and you become set in your ways. I think, as an actor I think it's not a bad thing but more of a gift. It's something you're always doing as an actor. You're adjusting constantly.

I never really thought of myself as someone who was gifted.

Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine!

You gig and gig and wonder what your first Edinburgh show will be like, if people will like it, and when they do, it just feels like it validates the last few years of your life, and that you're on the right track.

Sometimes it's nice when you go out on the road, and you come back, and your girlfriend's left you. You have complete freedom at that point.