Nasim Pedrad Quotes

I would hate to meet myself at 15.

There's something incredibly vulnerable about middle school for me. We're really impressionable during that period. The cement's still wet, so to speak, and a lot of things later in life are born during that season.

I've been writing songs since I was a teenager, so one kind of song I've written a lot is about, I don't know, teen angst feelings - feeling unsure of yourself and immature.

If I saw my 15-year-old self now, I'd think I wasn't that bad, but back then I perceived myself as awful.

Everyone seems to relate to the awkwardness of being a teenager, or even a 30-year-old.

It's hard to feel comfortable in your own skin when you're younger.

In middle school, we are all so damn insecure. It was the worst time for me, really destructive, like slapping myself across the face but loving it. Now I have to be an adult and change myself. I have to be a bigger person.

I think everyone has their awkward phases. Growing up isn't easy for everyone. I definitely had my awkward moments.

In high school, I definitely fancied myself an intense guy, which is so lame.

You never grow out of high school sadly.

I always had long legs. When I was young, I used to think, 'Why do I look like a little pony?'

My life is an awkward visit from the kids table.

I was at an all-girls' school, so there were a lot of us who were really awkward. I was this tall when I was 11, so I was really awkward and self-conscious. No one would really have wanted to be mean to me. I was too unimportant.

When I was a teenager, I was super-awkward. I don't think I really felt comfortable in my body or with how I looked, and people were nasty.

My hair was always frizzy. I always wanted to be blonde with lovely straight hair. I was very skinny. I was quite tomboyish, just very quiet. I always wanted to fit in; I just couldn't.

I'm 16, and I'm still self-conscious. Everyone is at this age.

I made a lot of mistakes growing up, trying so hard to fit in. I got so lost trying to please everybody.

It took me a long time to blossom. Everyone else understood how to socialize and how to look. I didn't get the memo.

I spent the first 33 years of my life with secrets, and lots of them. I spent a great deal of energy worrying over what people thought and obscuring the things I was ashamed of... trying to appear what I thought was normal.

I felt like a dork growing up.

The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time looking at those. Those were the awkward years. I don't know if anybody can look at something they did when they were 14 and not wince.

I was very much a late bloomer. That's not to say that girls didn't express interest in me from time to time, but I just, I did not know how to respond to that.

I still feel like I haven't grown up.

We're all just trying to fit in and find ourselves, particularly when we're growing up.

I love people who aren't embarrassed. I'm always embarrassed, so it's always astonishing to me when people aren't like that.