Jeff Koons Quotes

For me, drawing was an outlet. No one in school said, 'Oh, she can do sports,' or, 'She's pretty,' but I could draw.

The more I become comfortable in my own skin, I think the funnier I become.

Filming 'Glow' helped with my confidence.

I finally felt that I came into my own when I went on the stage.

I do think that you can dress yourself out of a problem. The way that a haircut and a new pair of pants can make you feel is better than any therapist, because when you look in the mirror, you see a different person - you are a different person. It's superficial change that can lead to real change.

I think with acting, since I became an actor... I, as a person, have become more confident and I have really come out of my shell somewhat... and back to myself, you know.

I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughter's age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves.

That's why I began doing makeup in the first place: I was hoping that through helping people see the beauty in themselves, I could try and find it in me.

If you have to change something about you to be in a part, I don't think it's easy to do. You should just pick the part where you can just be yourself.

By the second time I sang by myself in school, I just realized that I was more in control of my environment than I had ever been before.

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.

I kind of discovered my voice for the first time, and the more I did it, the better it got.

Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.

Finding out I was pretty was a very nice realisation.

I'm stronger and sassier as a redhead.

Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

I used to hate getting dressed, getting in front of the camera and walking down the red carpet. It bothered me because I felt like I couldn't be what they wanted me to be. Now it's still not my favorite thing, but I get through it a lot easier because I know that my work brings value to who I am.

You can always find the sun within yourself if you will only search.

I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress.

I want people to be true to themselves and believe in themselves. I want people to stop looking to celebrity idols and look to themselves instead, because we need real people to inspire us.

Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.

I don't like talking about myself. I don't like talking about these introspective things.

I simply did not want my face to be my talent.

Music gave me a sense that I was worthwhile and that I had something of value to offer the world even though everybody was telling me that I didn't.

I did, like, a couple of sexier videos, because all of a sudden I went, 'Wow, I have a body. I have this side of me that I haven't shown yet.' And I started kind of playing around with that side of things.