Quotes About Identity

I still do get all these letters from people saying they are not pronouncing my name correctly!

Growing up, I was always wearing my brother's hand-me-downs, so nothing ever fit me. I told myself whenever I have my own money and my own choice with what I get to wear, it's always going to fit me correctly.

I don't think anyone has ever been corrupted by a T-shirt.

This is my costume. I'm a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else.

It's just really so important for an actor to be in the right costume for their character.

I'm thinking about entering a Marilyn Manson costume contest to see if I lose.

Costume is always the first layer of armour for going into battle in a new acting job.

Yes, I would love to step outside the costume drama category and play a young urbanite, something closer to who I am.

I like a character, not a costume - the idea of putting on clothes and you become someone else.

Costume really helps you feel in character.

Not many know, but the costumes of your character can really help you to get into the skin of the character.

I've been dancing and wearing costumes my whole life, so there's that sexiness to who I am that I enjoy.

I always liked dressing up. I think, because I always liked performing, I always liked costumes and things like that.

I am enormously uncool. I've made a cottage industry of being uncool. And I'm fine with that.

I love that I am being offered films but I just couldn't do the 'cotton sari-strong woman' role again. As an artiste, there is nothing more I can offer there.

If it's Saturday night, and you're sitting on your couch watching 'Showtime at the Apollo,' then you're not a man's man.

The process of coming out, as much as other people want to couch it in terms of politics, it's a very personal journey.

I'm not chic, I could never be chic.

I'm not part of a middle-class establishment. I'm working class, and I grew up in a council house.

You can't kid the public. When they see me they see I'm just a kid off a council estate - no more, no less.

I grew up on a poor council estate so I know what it feels like not to have the money to dress as you'd like.

I never felt bright enough. I never felt confident. I felt that kid coming out of the council estate, like I was never good enough.

As soon as I speak, I think people go, 'Well, he obviously must have grown up on a council estate, gone to a comprehensive school and be working class - so I can relate to him.'

I always considered myself working class, because I was brought up on a council estate. I still do, really. I mean, I might have a bit more money now than I did then, but it's in your head, class, I think. It's how you feel in there.