Maverick Carter Quotes

Growing up, I've always made a point to not be placed in a box.

You don't have to fit into a mold that someone else has defined.

I'm going to try to not let anyone put me in a box, and that certainly applies to the things I do outside of acting.

I pride myself on breaking any box that anyone wants to put me in.

People have certain ideas of what they think you should be, and I have fought that categorisation my whole life.

I'm not going to put myself in a box.

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 must be allowed to be as I am.

I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself.

To a certain extent, this tour is a celebration of individuality and that you can invent and reinvent yourself. You should have the power to be able to do that. Sexuality is a part of that. It should release you. It doesn't have to be an issue. It shouldn't box you in.

I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive.

I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow, and doesn't want to lead.

You don't have to burn books, you don't have to rebel against teachers to rebel; to rebel is to truly own your own self.

I've tried actively to define myself and redefine myself, and not be pigeonholed.

I'm always trying to slip out of those labels everyone tries to put round your neck. We all have multiple selves.

I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it comes my way.

I don't want to be easily defined.

I don't put labels on myself.

I have never limited myself by focusing much on being a 'normal' teenager.

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person. And to retain this right, you will have to be willing to take the social or external risks involved in ignoring pressures to do things the way others say they should be done

I was born in California, raised a vegetarian, and love science fiction, so don't tell me how I need to be in order to fit your standards.

I made it a point not to graduate. I thought that was a positive, independent kind of statement.

I have a natural tendency to resist conformity.

Just do what you want to do, and who cares what people think. That's always been my thing.

Adapt to yourself, bro. What I wanna say is don't let nobody tell you that you should stay in your lane, bro.