Alexa Bliss Quotes

I was playing this character, Melchior Gabor, who was a rebel and who was a person who didn't let the world define him, and who stood up to authority and was this kind of revolutionary... And when I left 'Spring Awakening,' I came out of that experience feeling like... I had cultivated this side of my personality that hadn't existed before.

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.

I always try to improve, to find new ways of expressing myself, to keep looking for truth and originality.

Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that I was as a child.

I always tried so hard to fit in, and then I figured out that I didn't want to fit.

I think everyone is trying to figure out who they are and their own thing.

More than anything, acting helped me discover who I'm not. I've learned that I'm a girly girl, but not a prissy girl.

I think if I had seen more people like me who are out and proud, it wouldn't have taken me 45 years to say it - to walk in the truth.

Writing this record let me recapture who I am. It is summed up in the title Be Not Nobody. You need to feel comfortable in your skin and do whatever you need to do for yourself, to heal or to grow.

I need to live in new shoes and not be a dancer.

I am drawn to characters that go on journeys, characters that are real people, that have life.

I'd say when it comes to being who you are, just don't be afraid to try things.

When I first started, I had a mullet, and I was trying to play a hillbilly persona. While it was fun, it wasn't me.

I'm discovering, and I think other mums are discovering too, that when you become a mum, you don't have to change into this frumpy, wholesome role model who is perfect and loses all of your identity. You can still have the same personality you've always had.

I was encouraged to use my voice and explore my passions outside of the sport. And when I did that, I was finally able to realize my true self-worth. I was more than that of a gymnast.

Find your voice and don't be afraid to explore it.

I think I used Christine, who is my stage character, as an excuse to finally be myself, as if I needed to say, 'Oh this character is going to be the woman I wanted to be.'

One thing I've learned is that the best thing a producer can do is help you be you.

When I was in high school, I tried too hard to be cool and to impress people, but playing all these different characters has helped me find myself again.

I had been in a place where I was letting too many people dictate who I should be and what I should be, and I was trying to make everybody happy to the point where it was just killing me. I'd completely lost myself. It's kind of funny now that people think I've completely changed myself for Marilyn Manson, when this is actually the first time in my life that I took a stand and said, "This is who I am and this is who I've always wanted to be, and I'm finally with somebody who lets me be who I want to be."

Don't fit in, don't sit still, don't ever try to be less than what you are...

Be brave enough to live creatively . . . what you'll discover will be wonderful: yourself.

Courage is freedom, and freedom is joy. Be fully who you are, letting the world get used to you - it will! Find a loving community of friends who support your ever-flowering growth, which is a lifetime proposition.

Unlike a celebrity, there's nothing I won't try and nothing I won't talk about when it comes to my hair. If I were to get a tattoo on my inner upper arm, it would read, 'Change thy hair, change thyself.'

I feel really honored to be part of The #seetherealme campaign. It's really amazing, as it helps many teen girls who are struggling. It helps them to find themselves and be true to who they are.