Jonathan Groff Quotes

From 19 to 28 there was a lot of turmoil in my life, but in a stuck way. Then, around 28, my life started to get shaken up. I realized I wanted to grow more and that anything that wasn't working in my life, I could fix it. I feel like I came into my womanhood. And that was when I got married.

If I hadn't fought back, I might have been Gidget forever.

My earliest memory of freedom was when I was about 14 and I stopped caring what people thought about me! I was so free and in charge! That whole year I was exploring myself, and I was so 'free' that I got sent away to boarding school.

The staging for 'Monsters' is all about me getting free. In the beginning I'm like tied, in a dark place... until I am scared no more, and I'm taking the lead of my life, I'm being the queen of my life, I'm ruling the world! In the end I'm taking a risk, but I'm taking the leap of faith.

Before my transition I felt trapped, and now I've been set free.

You have escaped the cage. Your wings are stretched out. Now fly.

In S Club I played a role in a band, but now I can go off and be me - My horizon's wide open now. It's scary and it's daunting, but it's an absolute thrill. I feel brand new!

Leaving home in a sense involves a kind of second birth in which we give birth to ourselves.

My cancer allowed me to explore who I really was. Now I feel like a woman who's able to handle whatever life has dealt her.

Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.

I'm spreading my wings at last.

I never put a lot of praise on myself because of my relationship with Ike. I was just happy when I started to like myself - when I divorced and took control of my life.

The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.

I'm not afraid of a rant, am I? I've got to that point where I've just become a woman; I think I've just grown.

By the second time I sang by myself in school, I just realized that I was more in control of my environment than I had ever been before.

Anyone in public life who comes out, comes out primarily for themselves, and their life is immediately improved. That's what happened to me.

I made my own assessment of my life, and I began to live it. That was freedom.

Coming out was painful, but life got so much better for me.

I watched a million coming-out videos, and that was kind of how I accepted it myself.

I have watched lives change. I have seen women gain confidence.

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.

I had to find the courage to turn my life around.

I'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self. Welcome to the world, Caitlyn. Can't wait for you to get to know her/me.

I realize it's a cliche, almost, that coming out of the closet is a very healthy and empowering thing to do, but for me, it really has been a truly wonderful thing.

What I am very, very moved and struck by is that so many people in the world are often living a life that they hadn't planned for themselves. And they wake up one day and say, 'Hang on. Who am I? Is this really me? Is this what I really wanted?' And also, 'Can I change it? Have I got the courage to change it?'