Don Cheadle Quotes

Once I started singing, I didn't have to try to be cool. I was just one of the coolest guys around.

I think it's sexy when someone makes a statement that says, 'This is who I am. This is what I think is sexy.'

Whipping your hair means not being afraid to be yourself.

I needed to make my wig ogg because I no longer wanted to apologize for who I am

Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are.

To hang out in a gay bar or put on a sequined halter top makes me feel like a total person.

I'm just trying to be myself. I'm not trying to be anyone else.

It's very nice to be able to be who you are.

It used to bother me - having bigger, fuller brows. I even plucked them once so I'd fit in, but I hated them and couldn't wait for them to grow back. Now I embrace them. I realized the quirky things that make you different are what make you beautiful.

You can do anything and be a star. You can dress like however you want, and you can do whatever you want. If you wanna wear meat suits like Lady Gaga, good. She's freaking amazing! She's doing that, and she's unbelievable. I can wear T-shirts and still be great, too. So that's just what I'm proving to people.

I think that my music is really empowering. I just want people to know - especially young people, but really everyone - that you don't have to be so caught up in what everyone else is thinking. You don't have to be the coolest, most popular person. You can just be you and be vulnerable.

I just want girls to realize, everybody's born a way for a reason, and you are who you are. You should just be yourself at all times. The only way you're going to get through life, happily, is being yourself.

I hope girls read what I say in interviews - they should just be themselves.

Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.

I get to remind myself and other people to be yourself, to rock you who you are, and don't worry about if it fits.

When I was in school, I got there on the first day and everyone had long, blonde, straight hair, and I had short, dark, curly hair. I immediately felt I didn't fit in and started growing my hair. But I've learned that I'm only happy when I am truly me and feel comfortable and confident in myself.

I can be an incredibly fabulous person, and I don't have to be in the highest heels, the tallest wig, the skimpiest outfit.

There are so many different walks of life, so many different personalities in the world. And no longer do you have to be a chameleon and try and adapt to that environment - you can truly be yourself.

There's kind of a gift in being gay because, if you come out, you're forced to express yourself.

There's something beautiful in being who you are and being comfortable with whatever your voice is.

There's a certain freedom that comes when people don't expect you to be sexy.

I truly believe that the privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

It's great to play someone who's so unafraid of being who she is.

I am what I am.

Everyone has something unique to bring to this world. And if you understand that, if you cherish that, if you embrace who you are and then capture that with your clothes... then that is when fashion can make a powerful statement about who you are and what you are about.