Colin Egglesfield Quotes

I want young people to know that they can belong - whatever your culture, your religion, your sexuality - that you can live life how you want to live it and feel comfortable how you are.

Who cares who comes out of the closet or not, so long as you're happy?

I would love for 'Hedwig' to be in every tiny shopping mall so every freakish kid like I was can have a broadening experience.

Prince was unapologetically different, and he made it okay for his fans to be different and to celebrate their individuality. His social conscience challenged us to look deeper than the skin color of our neighbors.

I think Pride, it means ultimately, finally, being able to live with freedom in some ways. Or, at least, that's what we're striving for.

Labels are for cans, not people.

I think there is a lot of space for people to love who they love, and a lot of space for actors to carve a niche for themselves.

It's about time that society accepts people for who they are.

I love the mixture that's in me. It makes me me. And that's why it's such a shame that people waste energy in denying who they are.

I don't care who you love. If you love this country enough to risk your life for it, you shouldn't have to hide who you are.

I think that anybody coming out and saying, 'This is who I am, and let me show it to you...' is good for the world.

I feel at home in Shondaland. I feel a lot of things at Shondaland, but one of the things I feel that I haven't felt before is at home. I feel accepted for who I am and acknowledged for who I am. I feel like my ideas are embraced.

Diversity is more than just a buzzword to me. It's my life.

I am so grateful that the public has given me this gift. They look at me as a person - not as a race or a color. The word for it is freedom - to be accepted as me.

Drag allows people to celebrate their individuality, together.

I don't expect for people to like the same things, so I don't feel a need to force people to understand who we are.

I believe everyone should be equal, and we should all love and support each other and express ourselves the way we want to express ourselves and be whoever we want. That's my motto.

If you happen to be in an environment where people are not accepting of who you are, you just need to know that's not always the way it will be.

At Afropunk, everyone can be themselves, and I think that's beautiful.

When I came here, I was a little bit different and in Finland people didn't really accept me, and then I came here and I saw Honey G doing so well and I thought 'British people are so great, they accept Honey G as she is, so maybe they'll accept me as well.'

Will we be a nation where there's only one way to love, one way to look, one way to live? Or will we be a nation where everyone has the freedom to live openly and equally?

This country gave us hope. This country allowed for us to develop our own identity and to create our own home. And we should not look down on the next person that is trying to do that.

I don't want my daughter to grow up and feel like she has to try that hard to get people to accept her.

Sexual orientation, color, background - that's what I want people to take away: Anyone can be anything.

I feel like I'm opening the doors for more people. That they feel more comfortable being out. Especially in the hip-hop community.