Matt Nagy Quotes

I'm one of the cliches that has grown up.

When you're a child actor and play the precocious kid, the temptation is to wear leather pants or a cutoff shirt to redefine yourself. But I never felt the need to randomly reshuffle the deck and say, 'Don't call me Peter. Call me Pete.' I just figured you evolve naturally, and you'll be recognized for what your successes are.

More having to do whatever anybody said you had to do. I couldn't really do anything on my own. But as I got older and then came to America and then Grace became my name, it somehow freed me. All of a sudden, I can be this other person.

You can't play a high school student forever, so at some point, I'm going to have to tear down that wall and tear off that wig and be me.

For whatever reason, I decided: 'I'm 18, I'm a man, I'm going to grow a moustache' - and it was pathetic for years - it was awful.

Some people still see me as a kid, but I'm a 23-year-old woman now.

I came out of the closet very young, and I had to cut my teeth pretty fast.

Fitting in is boring. But it takes you nearly your whole life to work that out.

Guys are really lucky. We become our authentic selves the older we get.

Acting is a very important thing for me, and I love doing it. But when I'm acting, I spend 14 hours a day and months a time being someone else. When I'm singing, I just get to be me.

I don't want everybody to just see the baseball side of me.

At first, I didn't realize it was gonna be a character. I just thought I was gonna be doing me.

Adolescence isn't just about prom or wearing sparkly dresses.

I changed my name when I was about twelve because I didn't like being called Sue or Susie. I felt I needed a longer name because I was so tall. So what happened? Now everyone calls me Sig or Siggy.

From 15 to 18, everybody is a different person. Every six months, I have a whole new outlook on life.

I think every child actor has that moment where they're like, 'OK, I'm not the same person that I was, and you guys need to see me as something different.'

I was a late bloomer in a lot of areas in life.

I'm not frightened of what people will think an more. Because, you know, when you're a teenager or in your early 20s, you're always frightened of what people will think.

When you're a kid, and you grow up, it takes some time for people to associate you with more things other than that initial thing.

All of us, although we may have a label attached to us, that's not who we are.

Getting older and adjusting to all the things that biologically happen to you is not easy to do and is a constant struggle and adjustment.

I just feel like you have to go through this crazy transition if you're going to continue on with your career from a child star to an adult star.

I feel people may see me as that young pop star artist, which I guess I am, but I'm not that cutesy little guy anymore. I'm a young man, and I want to come off that way.

Maybe some people look at me and just see a footballer, or a black footballer. But I am much more than this. I tell my best friends all the time, 'If you look at me as a footballer, and not as Little Kouli, and not as your friend, then I have failed in life.'

It was strange doing that transition from teenager to more adult roles, but I think it just makes it more exciting.