Jessie Mueller Quotes

Normality is to be different. Every person is a different person. And one day you need to be aware of your difference. Aware that you are not the same as the others. That is to be normal.

I'm really not sure what people think or expect me to be, but I am surprised when people say, 'You're not supposed to be like that... ' I'm not exactly sure what 'that' is, so I choose to take it as a compliment.

I dyed my hair about 42 different colours, and kids can be pretty judgmental about people who are different. But instead of breaking down and conforming, I stood firm. That is also probably why I was unhappy.

We should give people the freedom to express who they are.

I want people to get from 'Pariah' that it's okay to be you and not to check a box as a parent or child.

I would say I have more in common with drag queens than I do with most people.

We don't need to be categorized - we are all individual and beautifully unique.

Being bisexual, being bipolar, being biracial - it's been used to define me, but I am desperate to be indefinable.

Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.

I am different. Let this not upset you

I come from a place where I find it hard to identify with a label.

There are two metaphors for Mario the person and not Mario the footballer. I think I am a man, but I don't believe I need to say it. But I could also be Peter Pan because I do things my own way and I am free. So, yes, maybe I should say that I am Peter Pan - although I am much more of a man.

I'm not stereotypically Canadian. I don't really follow hockey. I don't feel like anything other than myself, basically.

It's been helpful to have so many opportunities to look different so people stop pigeonholing you.

It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.

Even with whatever people want to label me with, there are so many other sides to me.

I don't feel as if I belong to an age group.

I fell through a crack for years. Historically, I am a nothing because I fit in no category. I can only be me.

I can't feel bad about being who I am, just like the girl next to me can't feel bad about being who she is. Because a rose can never be a sunflower, and a sunflower can never be a rose.

Here I am, this smart, bookish girl, and I have this biker-chick name.

I'd feel weird on a show where it was a bunch of dudes that are my type. I like sticking out a little.

I feel very comfortable with the way I look, and I feel very comfortable with the kind of confusion that it creates in people's minds.

It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot of people - I'm quite artistic and quite eccentric sometimes. If you honour that, you fit into yourself better - and people accept you for what you are.

I don't want to be the next anyone. I'm just me.

You know, you don't have to look like everybody else to be acceptable and to feel acceptable.