Diane Guerrero Quotes

For people who have been following me for a long time, I really hope that they can get to know me a little better, maybe get to know the softer, squishy, emotional side of me, because I usually put up a weird side, so it'll be cool to be able to open up in that way to them.

What we try to do in TSAW, which is Tasha Smith Actors Workshop, is to help the actor get to the core of who they really are and how they really feel. So, we may have them do a dump, where you just basically express everything that you feel that you have not been able to express, whether it's good, bad, or ugly.

If you go back to all my albums, they're all confessional.

I actually think it's harder to play vulnerability, because you're having to delve deeper into portions of your own psyche, what it is that makes you human.

Sometimes I feel like I used to be a person that liked to express himself a lot and put my feelings out there.

All these songs honestly explore the ups and downs of my reality.

If your character doesn't express himself or doesn't feel confident expressing himself, then you don't express yourself.

The majority of my job is being an open channel, and if I'm not being very authentic with who I am in myself, then it doesn't feel like I can dig down deep and get to really vulnerable stuff, or stuff I have never felt before.

I wrote songs when I was little, and I wrote a journal, but I don't think I knew how to let that truth come out yet.

I'm really not interested in acting as a facade, I'm interested in it as an emotional expression and as a transcendent experience for an individual. I find that a lot of people, a lot of young actors, haven't gotten to the point where they're comfortable being stripped down. They're still interested in ornate jackets.

I have this belief that we are so vulnerable when we open ourselves up to literature. We're reminded of these real parts of ourselves.

There is no harm in showing your feelings. It's not unmanly.

The only thing I wanted to do in my music is be human and communicate all the aspects of that, which often means being vulnerable.

I felt the need to be more open and expressive of my feelings, not just about the hills and the countryside, but about the daily life.

I try as hard as I can to write from a personal place and be genuine.

Coming off 'Reflection,' what we really wanted to do was be more vulnerable.

'Crush' is probably the most honest project I've ever written. It's my voice.

I like men who straightforwardly express their emotions.

I want to explore the range of emotions it is possible to feel.

I am a real person with real fears, hopes and dreams.

I want people to know that I'm not just 'Chillin' It.' I'm a real person. There's heartbreak and trials, and I hope I put that in my music.

I've been really in touch with my girly side.

When I put my first project out ages ago, I didn't want to show anyone my emotions. Now I think it's better for people to understand how I am as a person and let them relate.

I think of myself as still being about five. Maybe that's why my Twitter picture is of me at five. That's how I feel. I'm honored if I can inspire somebody else. I'm just still trying to figure it all out about myself.

You have to be willing to expose yourself, at least to yourself, to get to some kind of truth about a character.