Quotes About Identity

We grow up, and we need to confront a society to be fit in.

The bigger confrontation is the one an individual has with itself.

In some ways the fact that you are sometimes confronted with people who have such an opposite view to you on certain issues in many ways reinforces that identity that you have.

I'm really lucky with the people around me. They know me, so they don't confuse the issues, really. They know what a book is and they know who I am and they know the difference between the two.

Protestants so often confuse being Republican with being Christian.

I think a lot of people confuse what we do with fame or wanting fame... which is not necessarily true.

I think a lot of artists get confused when people like their music; they think that means people know and like them. I'm sure there's an element of truth to that, but to me, the music I make is what I'm most proud of. I prefer to focus on that and for people to focus on the music, too.

I think male actors get confused by their own vanity.

A lot of times, I got confused for a kicker. And I've been compared to every white player in the NFL.

So much has been written about me, and people don't know what's right and what's wrong. I'd rather let them stay confused.

I went to an Arts High School, so everyone there was kind of anti-clique, though they still happened. I guess I was in the theatre-dork clique. Not to be confused with the musical-theatre-dork clique.

Throughout my career, people have totally confused 'Laguna Beach' and 'The O.C.' I think, in people's minds, it all kind of got blurred over time.

I'm constantly confused about how to dress.

I will wear chinos and Vans, and sometimes people will get confused. They're like 'Are you sure you're here to perform?'

My accent is very confused.

Somewhere along the way, things got confused, and the pop-star side of my career got in the way of my musician side.

I have never met anyone who wasn't confused inside.

Seeing my mother struggle with her weight confused me: I looked at her and thought she was beautiful, she was my mom. And this woman, who I looked up to everyday, couldn't see her own beauty?

When I was 14, I had no idea who I was, and it was so confusing. So to see strong, confident girls, that I get to be around all the time, it's so amazing. It's reinvigorating for me.

Are there days where I wish I was just at home with my kids? Yeah, most days. But then I look at our accomplishments, and I feel alive; I feel so proud of myself. So it's a very confusing thing to be a working parent.

People find it confusing I'm in a band, even though music was my main thing before acting.

It's challenging to find self-love when there's confusion and you're living in a world that's seemingly very binary and black and white.

Acting is a form of confusion.

I grew up with white parents, and until after college, it was a lot of confusion, especially because I grew up in an all-white area. So I never looked around and saw anyone who looked like me.