Quotes About Identity

For me, I went to NYU, and at that point, it was 1995, and everyone wanted to be Tarantino. I was writing these stupid comedies, and I felt lost.

I'm actually called Bang, a quite common name in Denmark where I'm from, so it's not like me trying to come up with a very stupid name for people to remember me or something.

The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm stupid.

I went through a period of great rebellion within my family, when I was about 9 or 10. I was mad, I had no focus, had no real interest in anything, and so I started to do things that were just rebellious and stupid.

I was very against pink and purple when I was young, because they were girls' colors. But that was only because I didn't want people to write me off for what I can do. When I got into my 20s, I decided that was stupid.

I've heard that I've gotten a lighter complexion, as if I've bleached my skin. I think that is so stupid and ludicrous. For those who want to bleach their skin, that's fine. I just didn't bleach mine. I'm a black woman. I don't want to be anything but a black woman.

Of course there have been times I regretted being the kid in 'E.T.' My world went completely crazy. I was that stupid kind of famous, where you can't go anywhere.

I never think I'm making fun of my culture. In fact I'm making fun of myself, because I catch myself doing some very stupid things.

I was cursed with age, really. You do that stupid thing at 12 years old when you say something and it kind of sticks with you for the rest of your life. So, I believe I said I wanted to be a fishery manager. In hindsight, I think acting could be a better route.

An Egyptian newspaper once publicly identified me as the C.I.A. station chief in Cairo. It seemed so stupid at the time. I was only 24, a little young to be a station chief, and, of course, I was never with the C.I.A.

Out of 3,500 students in my high school, I was the only openly professing Christian kid. Obviously there were challenges. 'Only old and stupid people believe.'

I didn't stutter when I was reading lines in a script. When I got away from myself, I didn't have that problem.

I don't think I ever felt an outsider when I had a stutter.

Fashion fades, only style remains the same.

Colors and prints are part of my style.

Scent is an extension of your style; it becomes your signature.

Style really comes down to what makes you feel good.

Finding your style is like putting puzzle pieces together.

Style is a fraud. I always felt the Greeks were hiding behind their columns.

My style says, 'Look at me, don't look at me.'

To have a sense of style, it shows you know yourself. People like that.

Great personal style is an extreme curiosity about yourself.

What is the difference between fashion and style? Fashion says, 'Me, too,' and style, 'Only me.'

Style is character.