Jessica Barden Quotes

Everyday, we all struggle to be comfortable with our imperfections.

I've never hidden the fact that I used to be shy, even when I was 30. However, I might have been self-conscious on the inside, but I was never inhibited about my body.

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.

It took me a long time to be alright with smiling onstage.

I remember thinking that I'd never show my arms on TV, but over time you loosen up.

When I was younger, my father told me not to pigeonhole the way that I perceive myself.

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions.

It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others.

When I felt like an outsider, movies made me feel inside my own skill set.

I would admit I'm an introvert. I don't know why introverts have to apologize.

It's important for young people to know that they are made the way they are made and they're beautiful and that's how they're supposed to be.

'Huge' is a show about self-discovery and follows kids at a weight loss camp. My character is shy, so when she meets Nikki Blonsky's character Willamena Rader, who's not, they become friends.

Middle school was probably my hardest time. I was trying to fit in for so long, until about junior year of high school when I realized that trying to fit into this one image of perfection was never going to make me happy.

You need to be on your own so that you can meet people as you are, and as they are.

A lot's riding on 'Dune,' and my friends in Seattle realize what's happening if I freak out a bit. They accept whatever I happen to be, and they tell me when I'm slipping out of Kyle. They call me the 'God Emperor of the Universe.'

When you feel like an oddball, it never really leaves you. Even now, I'm better around people who are uncomfortable with themselves - the misfits.

With my friends, I don't feel pressure to be someone other than who I am.

I really do feel like I know myself, and I'm so happy to be by myself and I'm so happy to be with other people; I just know myself really, really well, and I think that is an amazing thing. I think a lot of people don't know themselves that well.

I've found that I've settled into myself a little bit more in last year and started wearing things that I feel comfortable with and my own style and... I decided to just embrace the person that I am and the look I like, and what I think is pretty.

And like the old stereotype, I overcame my shyness by making my friends laugh.

When I was younger, I was afraid to be myself.

You're stuck with being yourself, so the important thing is to find people who like that.

What's nice for me, having identified myself for years as being rather shy, is now, wherever I am, in public, there tends to be a friendly face who's pleased to see me, and I like that.

I was always a class clown, so I never had trouble fitting in; I just had trouble finding out where I really wanted to be.

I mean I can do it when I'm very relaxed, and with good friends, then I think I can be amusing.