Melissa Benoist Quotes

I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.

I was pretty dorky in high school. I was pretty much of a recluse.

I was a loner; I spent the first half of high school alone.

As a teenager at high school, I felt like an outsider.

I felt like the big geek in high school. And I still feel like a big geek.

I was a loser in high school.

I never got to go to prom. I never went to regular school. I ate lunch by myself.

I absolutely hated high school. As a freshman, I was 5 feet tall and weighed 95 pounds... When I got to high school, I had no social skills. Was I a nerd? More of a dork. Definitely not one of the popular kids.

In high school I was an outcast... I wasn't cool to hang out with. I ate my lunch in a bathroom stall because that was the one place I could go where I wouldn't been seen.

When I was in high school. I was considered really weird and strange, and people kind of kept their distance.

I was always the kid at the side of the playground, looking at the other kids. I didn't know how to get into the group. I was quiet and bookish, a bit of a geek. I was into orienteering when my friends were out clubbing.

At one point in time or another, everyone's an outcast, and you have to deal with those sort of issues in society. Especially for teenage kids, I don't think there's anyone that's really been through childhood and not been an outcast in one way or another.

I hated high school. I didn't have any friends because I didn't fit in.

I was regarded as the school freak which further reinforced a lot of inhibitions and doubts I had about myself. I was a shy, frightened teenager for a long time.

I was a real loner in high school, even though people assume I was the head cheerleader.

I was a complete outsider in high school.

I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.

I remember dealing with bullies in high school and being put down because I was different.

I was not a cool kid. There was no reason for me to be marginalised. I was just a nerd. I was kind of weird, and I found solace in video games.

People thought I looked weird, that I talked weird.

Growing up, I was the awkward, chubby kid. I had a few close friends, but I was the first one to be bullied.

I definitely spent a lot of high school isolating myself because I didn't feel like I fit in. I learned how to be funny.

I related to 'Sierra' in the fact that I tend to come off as pretty confident in who I am, but definitely in high school I had a lot of insecurity and was unsure if I should be changing myself to fit in more.

I was the worst-dressed person in Scranton. I was a total nerd. Obviously, I got picked on, but I was also able to find my own cluster of friends, and I think when that happens, you get by just fine.

I was definitely always the bigger girl and kind of weird. I didn't make friends very easily and I was a big reader, so I was very antisocial, and I knew that people were judging me.