Quotes About Identity

I didn't think of myself as beautiful, but, in retrospect, I guess I was.

Returning to your family and where you came from, and your history... this is what makes you strong. It's not looking out that's going to do that - it's looking in.

When we are honest - that's my saying - if we are honest then we will reveal ourselves. But we do not have to make an effort to be individualistic, different from others.

I do think people do pick movies that reveal something about them that they aren't always aware of. If you ask them what kind of an actor they think they are, they'll probably tell you something different than what they've actually done.

I hope they don't reveal everything they know about me.

I reveal all of myself. I bring all of myself to my roles. You only see me. You don't see anything else but me. That is who's there. They're manifestations of my own self.

I'm interested in telling a story about a gay man and what he's going through as an artist and as a lonely, single gay man. I want to reveal what I know about loneliness.

I reveal myself in my movies.

People are gonna listen to the music whether or not I reveal myself.

A woman reveals so much by what she's wearing.

The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.

I don't see us as being part of that 90s revival. We were always a band, even when we weren't playing together.

If I was so establishment, I don't think Our Revolution... would actually endorse me.

I think in the '80s, we certainly wrestled with what was the role of 'Playboy Magazine' in a post-sexual revolution, post-feminist world.

But while I am proud to be an American, I am ashamed of what the Trump administration is doing in our name. It is literally rewriting the meaning of America.

My favorite Eminem song is probably 'Lose Yourself' because I can relate to it a lot. That's how I feel every time I write a rhyme.

I have exactly as much rhythm as you think I have.

If you're playing someone who's not like you at all, it's good to find music that is their rhythm and their energy.

I don't know who Little Richard is.

I am not Richard Branson.

'Rick' never really fit. I tried for 18 years to make it work, and no one wanted to call me Rick. It should always have been Ricky. That's what it always should have been, so I'm going back to it.

I have to admit that I was never into the boy band craze of the late '90s and the early aughts. I was into more adult things like Ricky Martin. For reals.

I was lucky to grow up in a family where your parents loved you no matter what you were or what you came out as, and a lot of kids don't have that ride.

I would just like to be known as my own person. I don't need to ride on any coattails. I just want to make my mark myself.