Yaya Han Quotes

Growing up, sports was my outlet, my way to portray a personality. I was very shy around people but, through sports, something I was good at, I was able to make friends.

Creating my own world in a comic or selling my first penny newspaper aged nine was a way of gaining recognition and acceptance by my peers.

When I'm dancing, I don't know where the confidence comes from, but I just pretend I'm someone else, I think, and then I go out and dance.

I was quite a shy kid, but I was quite funny at school, and I was really into art. In our class, there were two of us who were good at drawing, and my teacher was like, 'He's going to make a wonderful artist one day, and Noel can make everyone laugh.'

Before I was a cosplayer, I was a fan artist. I would draw my favorite characters and sell the pieces at art auctions. But once I discovered cosplay, it was like, 'I don't have to draw my favorite characters, I can become my favorite characters.'

I think that, just in general, my number one priority is to just go out of your way to stay yourself and put yourself out there in a positive way. It's so easy, and you can connect with a lot of your friends.

There are very few things that I love more than being on stage and performing, but more than anything, I want to be a positive role model for teenage girls.

I wasn't very academic at school, but the Wolsey Youth Theatre was the saving of me.

There's a social element of me that's pretty reserved. High school was when I was starting to come out of my shell because of the theater community.

Until I discovered hip-hop, I felt I wasn't going to accomplish anything.

I had a coach when I was younger who encouraged me to be myself, that is where I was lucky.

Being in the Girl Scouts took me out of the projects environment and showed me different things.

I've never hidden the fact that I used to be shy, even when I was 30. However, I might have been self-conscious on the inside, but I was never inhibited about my body.

Tennis has had a very positive impact on my life.

I am pretty sure that all young human beings have, at one time or another in their growing-up, been actors. They have used their imaginations to carry them away from painful or confusing situations... have imagined themselves to be more powerful or beautiful or brave or loving than they are.

I started when I was in college because I was shy and thought it would be a good way to break out of that.

I'm not very cool. I have a really hard time meeting people and stuff.

Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.

I do think that you can dress yourself out of a problem. The way that a haircut and a new pair of pants can make you feel is better than any therapist, because when you look in the mirror, you see a different person - you are a different person. It's superficial change that can lead to real change.

I always try to set a positive example for my generation and promote confidence.

I want things to be characters and not me. Why would I want to play me?

Seeing, feeling, thinking, believing - these are the stages of how we change our style on the outside and our self-image on the inside.

I have always been a bit of an introvert. In fact, my dad used to force me to meet people so that my interpersonal skills improve. As an individual, I was happiest when left alone.

I grew up a really shy kid, but I always surrounded myself with a lot funny people. It depends on the day - if I feel like being quiet, I will be. I'm not a complete goofball, though.

As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.