Quotes About Self-discovery

Strapping Young Lad is a representation of me, just as much as 'Ki,' 'Ghost,' 'Ziltoid' or 'Infinity.' There's no difference; it was just a different period of time.

That image of who I was publicly was so solidified. You're that person. And it wasn't even close to a true representation of where I was in my life.

This record for the first time - feels like a record that really represents my whole entire life and instead of just a period of my life. And it is really kind of eye opening and it makes me feel really good to hear this record and hear all the years.

My dad was a very conservative Republican businessman, so obviously I considered it a problem when I realized I was a lesbian.

I was so hungry to learn my history, to really know who I was.

I never really felt like I quite fit in. Other boys were playing sports and into hunting and stereotypically masculine activities. I was always more attracted to the arts. I loved to dance, I loved to sing, and I always knew I would be an actor. I don't really know why.

There is a time in every actor's life when he has to face the self-created hurdle after he starts getting bored of work and suddenly realises that he is left behind.

I'm so glad I'm not 20 years old anymore. I was in a hurricane. I'm a lot calmer now. I don't cause destruction for myself and others everywhere I go.

It wasn't until I went to college and met different people from different areas of life - and then went to San Francisco and met people who really knew who the hell they were - that I kind of caught up in a hurry.

I was in such a hurry to be an actor. Now I'm sometimes mad at myself that I didn't stop and study for a couple of years.

It is kind of hard to figure out who you are when you've lost your job at age 13, when that was basically how you identified yourself.

I was assigned female at birth. My gender identify is non-binary.

I think everybody can identify, you know, with this sort of struggle to decide for yourself who you are, you know, and what your place in life is.

Most people don't know this, but I never wanted Man Repeller to be about me. It was titled that to identify a genre of women.

The marvelous thing about a good question is that it shapes our identity as much by the asking as it does by the answering.

I was a big athlete, but I think a lot of the things I did were because they were my false identity, if you will. They got me acceptance, and they got me that attention that I craved.

'I Am Number Four' is a great story about a guy who's trying to find his destiny and figure out who he is and his identity.

Carving out an identity for yourself is important so I'm trying to do that as well.

You have to find an identity that's true to yourself. You really have to find your own voice.

I was married to someone who wanted me to change. Become more adult, more responsible. I began not to like myself, not like what I do. I lost my identity. Everything began collapsing around me.

Around 2001, I started analyzing lesbians. I started to realize that even really butch-acting or -dressing women still had a strong female identity that I never had.

I never had to battle for my identity.

I never went through a gender identity problem, but I did with my sexuality.

We all need a firm sense of identity.