Shura Quotes

I didn't start to work until I realized what it was I had to offer. I stopped imitating performers I admired and started just being myself.

It took a while to grow the confidence to say, 'This is who I am, take it or leave it.'

I'm one Pia Zadora, the same way all the time. That's why I'm happy. It took me a long time to get to the point where could be myself all the time.

As time goes by people will see who I am for who I am.

Once you get everything out of your head about what everybody else is going to think, will radio play it - and I hope they do, I really do - once you shed all of that and just be who you are, that's who I am. That's taken a lot of growing up. I've come into myself musically and as a woman, and I hope to keep growing. If you don't grow, you die.

I just am who I am.

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 know who I am. I'm proud of my journey.

What if everything I thought was wrong with me was actually right with me? You have to have the courage to show who you are to the world.

All I needed was the courage to be me. That courage took a lifetime to develop.

True success will come when you have the courage to be yourself.

I'm grounded in who I am.

I think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.

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.

Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.

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.

Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.

There are lots of people I admire and respect, but I don't necessarily want to be like them. I'm too happy being myself.

I was fine being in the closet at the beginning of my career because that's what you were supposed to be - until I realized that it didn't serve anybody, and I was left feeling utterly empty. This is who I am, so I've gotta be me.

We all need a firm sense of identity.

When I first got into the league, I tried to fit in. Now I don't care.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

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.

The older you get, the more yourself you can be and the less worried you are about what other people think.

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