Lauren Lapkus Quotes

I think comedy I've learned is really just about relaxing and trusting yourself and allowing yourself to fail.

I think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that.

I was fooling everyone by surrounding myself with funny people. But then I put myself out there - writing my own sketches, going on stage with nobody surrounding me - and for some reason people were still laughing.

There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.

I think I'm a bit less inhibited, and not thinking too much before speaking. It's not about being shameful, I'm just a bit more unabashedly myself because of this thing, and it probably started at age 15. I can be around people and say what I think without fear.

I want to show people all of me, because that's what I haven't been doing. To be able to play so many instruments, and no one's ever seen me play, it seems like someone who's bluffing.

I was a very quiet child growing up. I always knew that I was funny - I just never put it to use.

I want the world to get a feel of me, showing them the way I am and the way I get down.

Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.

As I've gotten to know myself over the years, I realised I'm kind of a sweet, sensitive guy, a shy guy, and communication is not something I'm so good at.

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

There's something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.

Around when I turned 17 and I bought my own studio equipment and started recording myself, I kinda found my own voice. I just started rapping like my normal self and this happy guy.

I think it's okay to have fun and show some character and some personality.

I was trying to do one-liners and it took me years to realise I just had to be myself. My fear was if I was myself and no one found it funny, I'd have nowhere left to go.

I remember that when people started listening to what I had to say, I had a choice to set up a veil, even if it meant being something that I'm not. Ultimately, that's not the decision I made. I owned more of everything I am, which was a little nerve-racking.

When I perform, I'm just very much just being myself.

My personality is that I like to express myself, and that is not something I will look to change.

I'm no good at anything but comedy, which I think I'm good at. I'm absolutely no good at networking; I'm terrible at acting; I'm terrible at dealing with executives; I'm terrible at collaborating. And I say whatever I want to say. But I think I'm good enough at comedy that I can survive. And I don't really have an ambition for money.

I do public appearances. I'm bluff, hearty, goofy. I wear loud clothes, and I read the funny bits. I occasionally get taken to task for one thing or another, and I acknowledge my fault, my flaw, my failure, and I move on.

As a kid, I was always very shy growing up - I wasn't very good at articulating my thoughts or my feelings. Now that I'm older, I found acting to do that. So it's been an amazing way to sort of express who I am.

I think that a man should not be shy; you should say what you really think and feel - put it out there.

I say whatever I think and whatever is on my mind, and I just hope that it comes out good. I just try to have a lot of fun.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

Sexy at the millennium means having a solid sense of self but never taking yourself too seriously.