Quotes About Self-discovery

It was important for me to understand who I am and where I came from. To get a hold on why I do certain things.

I knew I wasn't born to be caged and chained up.

I was so sheltered as a kid that when I went to college, it was like taking the chains off. That's where the trouble came from. It was the first time for me being by myself, and I got into everything you could think of.

You tend to find the best in yourself as an artist when you're challenged.

I was a gay kid who didn't know I was a gay kid, which was really challenging because you think there is something wrong with you until you understand what it is.

2016 was really challenging for me. I don't know what it was.

I'm not here to change the world, I'm just want to be me and do what I do.

I think that all the time I lived alone changed me.

Now, I've changed my life to make sure I work only on what I love.

I loved living with my parents - that's probably why I did it for so long. But it was almost too easy to live there. I had to force myself to get out, had to challenge myself. I had to start a new chapter.

'Sixth Street' is probably a new chapter for me. All of the songs were written in my apartment where I'm most comfortable, and at that point, I understood who I was and knew what I was feeling about life.

Sometimes I am a different character in different languages. I have different enjoyment from them. Sometimes different answers come out of me. Like, I didn't even know that about me. I get to know myself through different languages, actually.

I found myself sort of becoming a character actor, though I don't know if that would be my natural makeup.

Chase your happiness in a way you desire rather than going for anybody else's or society's idea of happiness.

Single's fun - you don't have to check in with your girl, but it's not easy. I do get lonely.

I have been a ballerina, a cheerleader and a sorority girl. I was the girliest girl alive.

It sounds really cheesy, but as a woman, I feel like I sort of found myself.

That aggression came over time from dealing with stuff - 'Anger Management' really is what it's called. That project came out and I felt a weight lifted off my chest. I learned something about myself.

I really am a chick from Long Island who's just learning along with everyone.

Either I choose to behave or live a life of someone else, or I choose to be myself and live the life the way I want.

I chose to go on my own accord, my own thoughts, and thought it would be beneficial for me to go out to Cliffside in Malibu, Calif., and seek out some help and see what could be done.

I want to be a better Chris Quinn. I don't want to be a different Chris Quinn.

Being in a kids' show... taught me so much about who I am as an individual, and I learned a lot through the writing and different directors that came in, and I evolved as an actress and human being, and I really created a circle of friends who helped shape me who I am today.

What gives you strength at any circumstance is your understanding of yourself.