Vin Diesel Quotes

I think I had a shyness about me, I think I discovered acting as a way to break out of that and as a way of belonging, a sense of being special.

Modelling, for me, I find that it's like acting.

I was quite a shy person growing up, and drag was very much a shield for me to perform behind.

It's fun to be an actor and dress up, but I'm happy being me and just loving accepting my personal style.

I'm a musician first, a food-lover second, a dirty mouth with feet, and a girl last time I checked.

Onstage is the one time in my day that I can let it all out.

Acting was a godsend. I found myself because I loved acting.

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

My wigs are ever changing in height, width, color, size. They make me feel happy. Wearing them makes me feel like I can be a different person every day and that is kind of exciting.

I find it really cool when people have this artist persona they can put on. They can go out and act like this other person; I can't pull that off... I can't censor myself.

Acting has given me a way to channel my angst. I feel like an overweight, pimply faced kid a lot of the time - and finding a way to access that insecurity, and put it toward something creative is incredibly rewarding. I feel very lucky.

My acting gives me my self-worth.

I love performing. I can get to be that person I always wanted to be - godlike.

I was a bit of a show-off in school and loved playing dress-up, and my passion for it just grew as I got older.

My music is a very personal reflection of me, whereas, acting a role, that's a reflection of another character.

I find singing as somebody else very liberating, it just frees me up.

When I'm dancing, I don't know where the confidence comes from, but I just pretend I'm someone else, I think, and then I go out and dance.

What acting offered me was the chance to be many other people.

I was so bad in school that acting gave me some kind of identity and gave me a home.

Acting is what I do with who I am.

Drag is about asserting your power and your brilliance and your importance.

Finding ballet gave me passion for the first time in my life. I was always very shy and just wanted to fit in; I never daydreamed about what I wanted to be when I grew up. But dancing gave me a connection to my personality that made me grow.

I've never thought of myself in terms of an identity. I'm always baffled when I encounter someone who gives the impression about being confident about a particular defined identity.

People sometimes think that drag queens are always really confident and fearless because we transform ourselves into these beautiful creatures, and they believe that it's how we live our everyday lives.

When I was at Le Havre, I was always sure of myself. I knew I'd make it.