Quotes About Identity

Me being myself, I'm not happy when I'm not playing.

I'm not nervous being in front of people, it's being myself in front of people that I hate.

Sometimes it's really weird being an artist, and I deal with that best by being myself.

I enjoy being myself on television, where I am not enacting a character.

I wasn't perfect and didn't have it together. I felt alone. So through acting, I decided to be a shape shifter and with every role become the character instead of being myself. It meant about 10 years of no one knowing I was the same person in every movie.

When I perform, I'm just very much just being myself.

I'm more comfortable doing a character than being myself.

The country has been shaken up by me. I am just being myself.

Being born gay, black, and female is not a revolutionary act. Being proud to be a gay black female is.

Even in comedy, you have to be real. It's all about being real. It's how real can you be? That's the challenge. How much are you willing to take on for your character?

I was born in London, and my family is here. America is an interesting place, but it's incredibly different culturally. It doesn't take long being there before I want to get back.

Online, you play at being yourself.

Don't try to be like me. Try to be like yourself. Try to be very good at being yourself.

Honestly, you cannot go wrong with being yourself.

Just keep being yourself. Keep being yourself, and people recognize it.

I'm not afraid of you being yourself. That's America.

To me, being real is being yourself. You know, that's whether you're a pop artist or whatever.

Being yourself is the most important element for me, because, if you're trying to be something you're not, the audience will pick up on that.

It's like, you can know you want to live your life by being yourself, but how do you actually do that? That can be a whole lifelong journey.

If you're not being yourself, it shows immediately. The camera doesn't lie.

I think when you start changing things, you're not being yourself.

I don't like seeking all the attention. When you start doing stuff like that, it gets into your head, you are not being yourself.

Beirut is where I was born and raised.

I sing 'Beirut' for what the city is for me, but I am also singing as an exile.