Leandra Medine Quotes

When you feel scared, hold someone's hand and look into their eyes. And when you feel brave, do the same thing. You are all here because you are smart. And you are brave. And if you add kindness and the ability to change a tire, you almost make up the perfect person.

When I'm with my friends I'm funny, but I don't feel like I'm a funny clown.

I like being on this stage because it keeps me thinking.

I'm always more comfortable and in a good place when I'm with friends because I know they trust me. I'm able to get great performances from people who trust me.

I started out really into musical theater. So you can imagine I was super popular. I wasn't awkward looking at all.

I'm not bad at singing - at least in the shower.

I think I'm comedy-attractive, but it's never gonna be me and Charlize Theron up there.

If someone says, 'I love 'Jessica Jones!'' I just say, 'Thanks, I love you back!'

I was a class clown. I realized early on feeling very comfortable in front of people.

If I find something funny or something that kind of cracks me up, I'll get up on stage. I don't care what situation I'm in or what media I'm in: I'm gonna say it.

I guess I just believe in Trixie Mattel, and I believe in the work. I don't think I'm better than anybody else, but I really think that I'm hilarious and beautiful.

Women I've known have always been quite strong and confident women. Sure, I've got some friends who aren't so overtly confident, or at least don't appear that way. But when you get to know them, they are very much so.

Loads of blokes think they're funny, but it counts for nothing unless you get up and have a go.

We have an energy about us that's so unique and so intense, and it's because of how much power we have in us as individuals, being confident, harnessing that power, and wanting to share that with other women.

I always knew I was quite good at getting laughs. At school, I loved having a ready audience if I made a cheeky remark.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, they made it cool to be funny and to be embarrassed and to look a thousand different ways and show a bunch of different areas of their lives.

I really love, honestly, just being with your best girlfriends.

Growing up, the one thing I noticed was that everyone seemed to laugh at my jokes wherever I went.

The most comical thing for me, even when I watch movies, is the guy who's so crazy confident about himself, with the mink jacket - to me, that is so funny. I wish I could be like that. As a fighter, I wish I could do that, so I could make people laugh. But I can't; it's not my style.

Everyone knows the feeling where you're in the pub and you make your mates laugh. It's awesome, you feel like you rock. That's what comedians want with a bit of extra ego.

You're completely putting yourself on the line when you're in drag. They're either going to love you or they're going to hate you, but the most important part is having fun.

I've always been a girl's girl, and I've always enjoyed my girl friends' relationships, so I want the girls who follow me to feel like we're besties.

So when your sister or your friend is standing there and moaning about whether she looks really fat, and actually she looks gorgeous, tell her so and support each other.

I feel really happy like with 'Derry Girls,' I feel happy to be part of something that young people are like, that is dysfunctional and you feel awkward in relationships and you try to find someone that makes you feel comfortable.

You need to accept yourself for who you are and surround yourself with a good group of girl friends that'll lift you up instead of put you down.