Quotes About Identity

In my family, I'm short.

Whenever I have short ,it's important for me to be inspired by people with short hair.

People want to get to know you. I don't think America got a chance to know me in that short time.

What is it about Iowa? I'm the shortest guy in the state.

What kind of shorts I wear has nothing to do with music.

I've played third base for a couple years. I did well, and I thought I was an elite player at that position, but at the end of the day, I've been a shortstop my entire life.

The luxury of television is that you get more than one shot at who you think the guy is that you're playing.

All the time, there was the weight of my community's expectations on my shoulders.

There are not many athletes who are out. And I think it's something that's important. It felt important to me. I guess it seems like a weight off my shoulders, because I've been playing a lot better than I've ever played before. I think I'm just enjoying myself, and I'm happy.

When I walk down the street, even here in the U.S., they are always saying my catchphrases of my characters, and they shout at me with my catchphrases.

My name doesn't exactly shout 'babyface.'

Never in my life did I think I would be walking down the street and people would shout 'Jesus!' at me in the street. It's quite amusing.

It's amazing when you go back home now, when you remember how you were before. You go back home and all those people are calling your name, shouting. I get mobbed by the kids. They want to see you, want to know you.

I know I'm good enough. I don't need to show it to you. Either you know who I am, or you don't.

People who go into show business are screwed up.

There is more to life than show business.

I'm not good at doing show business; I'm a theatre person. I don't reveal anything about my life.

I want to show off how big I am; I want to show off my long arms, my big hands - just loving myself.

I want to show people there's more to me than they think.

I think it's important to show people, especially young people, that it's okay to have a personality. And that they can express themselves however they like.

I want to show people that I'm not what everybody thought I was.

When you have a baby in showbiz, people think you've died.

I want the world to get a feel of me, showing them the way I am and the way I get down.

I don't even like to show midriff - it's my characters who are always showing midriff.