Quotes About Identity

I loved Spider-Man, Superman, Batman, but I was always keenly aware that people who looked like me could not look like that.

The reason I like Portland is the idea of going to a supermarket and knowing there's no way to be recognized. L.A. is so social.

In Australia, it's people from Asian countries who most often recognise me. There are often people just looking at me at the supermarket, like they're shocked to think I would go to the supermarket.

People sorta know my face, but I can still go out to the supermarket, and nobody pays much attention.

In the days of 'EastEnders,' I couldn't go into a pub or supermarket, as people would recognise me and follow me home.

I'm an American except when I'm in the supermarket or at the candy store.

I'm certainly not a supermodel.

I'm not a supermodel. That's not what I do. What I do is music. I want my fans to feel the way I do, to know what they have to offer is just as important, more important, than what's happening on the outside.

With the whole supermodel thing, even when you're not really modeling anymore, people still call me that. And I'm like '... retired.'

I don't really see myself as a big supermodel.

A supermodel is kind of that first-name recognition, but I'm not quite ready for that super part yet, and I'm afraid that by the time I am, I'm going to be too old anyway.

I've never pretended to be a supermodel.

I couldn't be a supermodel, hats off. I'll stick to the kitchen!

I am not supernatural. I'm just myself.

I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.

People are always the start for me... animals, when I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural beings, immortals, the dead... these are all people to me.

I was raised Jewish and fully embrace the core beliefs of Judaism - the ones that I identify as core beliefs, which are essentially freedom and justice. But the supernatural aspects of religion were never important to me.

I think that the really cool thing about 'The Nine Lives of Chloe King' is that, while it has a lot of supernatural elements and Chloe is a superhero herself, it is not all about the supernatural.

Playing someone supernatural is more realistic than I thought it would be.

Playing a character who's dealing not only with a superpower but having a normal relationship is easy to associate with, because I feel that everyone has been through it.

At some point, I had to ignore what people thought of me. I had to be my own biggest fan from an early age. Once I learned that, it was like a superpower. That was the armor that got me through high school.

I would love to play a superhero. I sometimes walk around thinking, 'If I were a superhero, what would my superpower be?'

People never used to look at me twice. That was my superpower: When I met someone, I could decide whether to care about them based on whether they cared about me.

I must try and break through the cliches about Latin America. Superpowers and other outsiders have fought over us for centuries in ways that have nothing to do with our problems. In reality we are all alone.