Quotes About Nonconformity

I was a weird but definite kid, and there were essentially no gender roles for me to fit into.

I have disregarded gender when deciding which part to audition for.

Gender doesn't exist in my book.

I really just do what I like. I don't understand what the general public likes sometimes.

All these people that want to make me out as part of Generation X had better watch out, or they're going to get X'd out themselves.

I never claimed to be a generic artist, period. I never wanted to be a generic artist.

I didn't want to be a genius! That ain't cool.

The first lead that I ever played was a young Boy George when I was seventeen. I shaved my eyebrows off. That's as far from leading man looks as you can get.

We never had rich girlfriends. All the chicks hated us.

I'm not a girly girl.

I was told my style was supposed to give me a short career.

I don't want to be the glam doll; that doesn't appeal to me at all.

I wasn't interested in football. It made me different. I wore glasses, had bad hair, a funny name, you name it.

I dress in clothing that makes me happy, I make the music I want, I wear glitter and make-up, I express myself better, I don't feel boxed in. It's pretty freeing.

Beautiful has never been my goal.

Golf is the absolute worst place for me to be because I am the exact opposite of everything that a golfer should encompass, should be, and I'm not.

As far as I'm concerned, I don't really care anymore what people think about me. I'm just gonna be me.

You can't put me in a box, because then it's just like, you're not gonna get anything.

When everybody goes left, I'm gonna go right most of the time.

I'm not gonna be a slave. I'm a rock n' roller.

I think any good actor is an anarchist. They have to be.

I never wanted to be a good example.

L.A. is kind of flat these days; I guess Austin and other places are like that now. But that's what I wanted to get across: You could be as crazy as you wanted, and that was OK. You didn't have to be good; people would still come and hear you.

But I found that disappointing people is a good thing, because disapproval is freedom.