Quotes About Identity

Whatever it is that makes your movie unique is something you should embrace.

I think it's important to show that... you can't be perfect, and you have to embrace the fact that you're original, and it's what makes you interesting.

I really embrace the person and the life that I came from because that made me who I am today.

You have to embrace your authenticity and your unique perspective as a woman.

Embrace the fact that you are different... Don't think you're alone. Embrace it. Love it.

And that is something I've heard from many people who immigrate is that when they go back to their home countries, in a way, they think they're going to be embraced and completely feel like they've come home. This disconcerting thing is when you go back there and you feel more foreign than you ever have.

Being my dad's daughter has allowed me to do a lot of things that maybe another artist might not be able to do or wouldn't be necessarily embraced doing.

Let's face it: I'm not a looker. I'm a scruff. But I have embraced my scruffiness. We're happy together.

I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same.

There's something to be said for embracing who you are.

In my early shows, I wanted to put myself through a new childhood, disintegrating my whole identity to let the real one emerge.

Of all the artists who emerged in the '80s, I think perhaps Cindy Sherman is the most important.

At first, I was just trying to sound like DOOM and Eminem, and then I dug out my own voice, I guess.

The fact of the matter is that when you're in pain emotionally about your life, the color of your skin does not matter.

You try not to become so emotionally attached to your character, but you do.

Emotionally, I don't feel like a trailblazer at all.

I have a woman's body and a child's emotions.

When you truly empathize with someone, you have to take into account all the things that make that person who they are.

Audiences want to feel represented, want to be able to empathize with the characters and the stories they are seeing on the screen.

The more you learn about someone, how could you not want to protect them and their rights? The more you learn about a culture or a certain identity, it's hard to not feel empathy.

I don't actually think there has ever been too much emphasis on what I am wearing.

I can't emphasize enough how much of a writer I am.

Sounding like I have agency in a song is important to me. I want to feel empowered by the music.

I always felt empowered by and proud of the people that I love, the people that I'm attracted to.