Ellen Potter Quotes

I used to have a very difficult childhood because I was always the tallest girl in school, and everybody was staring at me and saying, 'You are very different.' Now, different is good.

My favourite feature is my hair. It has always made me look different. It was so red when I was born that my mother thought I had blood on my head. When I was a teenager, I looked like a tomboy, but then I understood that I could be a woman who was an intelligent mix between a lady and my mannish side.

I always had a family that instilled in me red hair was my superpower and how it was such a lovely thing.

What I would tell girls coming up is just be yourself and don't let people get in the way.

I was totally picked on, but look at me now! I was definitely picked on by boys and girls. I was really lanky and skinny and the boys would say, 'Turn sideways and stick out your tongue, you look like a zipper.'

I love my red hair. It makes me spunkier.

I've been picked on my whole entire life, and I feel like I started the IAmMoreThan campaign on Instagram to try to find other people who have been bullied and totally overcame it and did something amazing with it.

I've finally learned to love my voice for its uniqueness.

I used to go around looking as frumpy as possible because it was inconceivable you could be attractive as well as be smart. It wasn't until I started being myself, the way I like to turn out to meet people that I started to get any work.

I'm not gonna apologize for who I am and what I've gone through.

There are stereotypes - it's like an invisible line, but somehow you have to find the energy to be strong, to be super-confident, no matter if you are in front of the president of the U.S. or anyone else.

If I was to meet my eight-year-old self, I would say, 'Don't listen to what they say about you. Wear your anorak with pride!'

I've reached a point where I'm comfortable in my own skin, and I do what I need to do, to feel good, but I'm built the way I am. The dancer's feet, the bruises on my legs, they're not going to go away. I think real girls have bruises. Tough chicks get bruised. They get dirty. And they have fun.

The biggest thing you can give a kid is self-esteem, so that they're not shy to do different things.

Be sure of yourself, don't let anyone bully you, be a strong and independent woman or boy.

People have a problem with me being different, but that propels me forward in life.

When I was in school, martial arts made you a dork, and I became self-conscious that I was too masculine. I was a 16-year-old girl with ringworm and cauliflower ears. People made fun of my arms and called me 'Miss Man.' It wasn't until I got older that I realized: These people are idiots. I'm fabulous.

In British culture, redheads get teased at school. But I've grown up enough to realize I love my hair.

I kind of just took everything that people thought was weird about me and used it as a strength.

I've worked very hard on my self-esteem, and I know my value.

What grows from our head is something that we should love. The larger society can love it or not, but it's not their decision to make.

In a way, I feel my curly hair has got me a lot of attention, and I don't mind it.

I want to feel like I'm beautiful because I'm me.

Having red hair was never an issue, I'm so happy I have red hair.

I love that I can demonstrate that it's OK to look and be strong.