Laura Vandervoort Quotes

I think acting has helped me come out of my shell because when I play a character, I can't be self-conscious.

Working with Nawazudin Siddiqui was like an acting workshop. It helped me become a more confident person.

I feel that I have grown so much as an actor being on 'Homeland.'

I was shy and didn't believe in myself, and I only bloomed when I was in theater during rehearsal. And that's how my family found out that that's where I needed to be, because that's where I felt the most comfortable.

I was very insecure growing up, and even though I'm not that girl anymore, I think that the passion, that not feeling pretty and being insecure, is where my soul came from. And from early childhood, I let it free onstage.

It took many years of acting classes to get even remotely comfortable, but that's OK. It helped me so much on a personal level, not to mention professionally.

I've slowly become more comfortable as an artist and as a person.

I had an upbringing in which I was allowed to be free and use my mind. My parents only helped me to be myself. It was only in my teenage years that I met people who made me start having doubts about who I was. They said you shouldn't be confident, you shouldn't be strong. It is only when you meet those other people that you lose confidence.

Every project you do, you hope you learn something more as an actor.

I think every year I become happier because I become more comfident and more comfortable in my own skin.

I felt more comfortable playing other people than being myself, when I was a kid. And then, the tables turned. Through my performances, I've become more comfortable with who I am, and then I just bring more of myself into the people that I play.

You think you can go into all those auditions not knowing who you are? The work came after I found my sense of self - when I wasn't so manic and desperate.

Women who start out as ugly ducklings don't become beautiful swans. What they mainly become is confident ducks. They take charge of their lives.

My school friends thought I was outgoing and bubbly, but that masked a lot of insecurities, and maybe that's the reason I chose drama - to build a bit of self-confidence. I had a great teacher, and I won a few speech and drama competitions and just fell in love with it.

I started doing improv when I was 8 years old, so it's always been in my life. I would feel naked without it.

I feel so much at home onstage and so comfortable in my body.

I've gradually grown more comfortable with who I am and what I am.

I'm just looking always for characters that change, because I want to get better, as an actor and as a person.

The goal is always just trying to stretch yourself as an actor.

I love acting because it's empowering. It empowers me.

My biggest fantasy as an actor is to be in situations that make me uncomfortable and force me out of my comfort zone.

Like most people, I've grown a lot more sophisticated in my style choices. I know myself and what suits me better now than I did when I was much younger and feel more comfortable in my own skin.

As far as writing, it's grown because I've really grown comfortable with who I am.

The best decision I made at NYU was joining the Shakespeare ensemble. It literally led to everything I did after that. It gave me the kind of confidence I really needed.

There's nothing about the stage to be afraid of; there's nothing about the cameras to be afraid of. You just have to be yourself.