Anna Akana Quotes

If somebody can inspire me, it feels really special.

It's a great thing, for someone to feel that they can draw inspiration from you.

If I can give that back to one little girl, much less thousands, and if they start on this journey because they saw me do this, then I did a good thing with my career and my life.

I got a message from a little girl just saying that she's starting to play tennis because of me. That was pretty amazing.

A lot of young girls look up to me and it's amazing.

I always try to set a positive example for my generation and promote confidence.

I want to be inspiring to myself, to my kids, my family, and my friends.

I've had teachers that inspired me, yes. I think teachers play a really important role in people's lives. I had one teacher in particular who helped me through high school and really instilled a confidence in me by just holding me up to a standard I wasn't holding myself up to.

One of the greatest gifts that 'Homeland' has given me is it's affirming on a daily basis.

Giving teenagers some inspiration, a single role model and an opportunity to be part of something bigger at a critical point in their lives can be the difference between being a productive or being a destructive member of society.

There are very few things that I love more than being on stage and performing, but more than anything, I want to be a positive role model for teenage girls.

I was always really proud of the fact that I had a very positive influence as a role model.

It was really helpful for me when I moved in with my sister, because she's the type of person that is confident in her body. I look up to her so much.

I feel special when I'm told girls look up to me.

I love speaking at schools. That's always my favorite because I wish I'd had someone who was like me come speak at my school.

It's an honor for me to contribute to Houston's younger generations and show them that 'smart is cool.'

I have to say that it's fun to write for young girls, and it's exciting to know that we're influencing them and they're looking at us like, 'I want to grow up and be like them.' I mean, I just made up the person saying that.

I see myself as a role model, and I think that everything that I am putting out is positive.

I've never really seen myself as a role model, but if others see me as that then it's something of which I'd be very proud.

That's the potential power of a single voice - a neighbor's, a teacher's, a parent's, a friend's. It can change you, make you feel as if you have a place in the world.

Knowing that I inspire kids - it's a great feeling.

I want to inspire kids.

I was impressionable at that age, and my high school coach did such an unbelievable job helping me, so I want to do that for other kids.

Yeah, football can change a person's life, it changes a lot of people's lives. You can see the kids we work with. You can you make their day just by them meeting you, that's lovely, that's great.

I never had a role model or something.