Carmen Electra Quotes

Everybody wants to be a star right now, to be heard, to have a voice, so you have to give the confidence for people to have that ability - and give them the wardrobe to become a star.

I've been too productive for too long, and despite what anybody wants to strip away from me, I am influential. I am.

Winning the Gloves made me believe I was somebody.

Young man, make your name worth something.

The bathing suits they had me wear on Baywatch were all one-pieces, which kill my figure.

It's better to be known by six people for something you're proud of than by 60 million for something you're not.

I guess I want very much to be recognized for my abilities, for the work I put in, and yet it's still always there - who my parents were. As much as I love my parents, if that was the last thing ever said about me - that I was their daughter - I would be disappointed that my contributions weren't strong enough on their own.

To be seen and to be respected for my work and acknowledged as a true American Latina... means a lot to me.

I really am happy that I met my agency and my management company, because they see me as a person and not just a Latin woman.

There is something about hearing your president affirm your humanity that you don't know what effect it has until you hear it.

Go where you're celebrated, not tolerated. I'm celebrated in Detroit.

They can't pooh-pooh me now, because of who I am.

Would it be an honor to be bestowed Hall of Fame credentials? Yeah. Does it define me as a person? No.

I like to be good. I like being good at things. I wish that was valued instead of me being 'better' than another woman who also writes things and makes movies.

Without theater, I don't think I would have thought I was a smart person or excelled at anything.

Who are you without your girls? I truly believe that. Who are you without the people who help you make sense of the misogyny, the racism, the economic struggle, all of it? You need those people saying you're a good mom, a great writer. You're a great dresser. You cook well. Whatever the beauty is that you need to hear.

So many people want to be seen not just as a mom or a wife, but they want to be seen wholly.

I've never wanted fame. I've only ever wanted recognition.

Appreciating what you have accomplished can be empowering.

Dance Monkey' showed me that I'm good enough.

People think that whatever happens on the football field should define me way one or the other. A lot of people say, 'I can't believe you don't think more highly of yourself, two-time MVP, Super Bowl MVP,' but it's like, whatever. It just happens to be what I do. I want to be defined by what I believe in, by who I am.

The 3,000th episode is a great milestone for 'Hollyoaks,' so it was just really nice and a big honour to play a part in it.

People say, 'Oh you're so good, and you're so young!' It's like, 'No. I'm good. Period!'

Being somebody: it's one of the ideas in life, no? That's what my father made clear to me. The importance of being somebody. He wanted to be somebody. And he underlined to me the fate of trying to be somebody and not quite managing to do it.

Power comes from who you are, not what you have, and the transformation starts with how you allow others to treat you.