Cedric Bixler-Zavala Quotes

Young kids don't have their identity, so everything is so important. Now I'm mature. I know who I am and I know what my thing is and I know what I'm bringing. It's very clear and defined.

I'm a young woman, and I'm growing up and trying to do it in a way I feel comfortable with.

It was only when I got to 21 that my personality started coming out a little bit more.

High school is really when I came into my own.

When we're growing up there are all sorts of people telling us what to do when really what we need is space to work out who to be.

Really, I was such a late bloomer, I really didn't learn how to be me until I was in my late '40s, which is when I started playing roles that were closer to me.

For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

By the time you're 30, you know who you are inside. You learn to laugh at things you can't change; you learn to be yourself.

I think part of maturity is knowing who you are.

I think I've grown over the years and learned about who I am and what I can do and what I can't do.

I gotta be who I am now. How do you not, right?

I know what my identity is.

I was definitely a late bloomer and didn't really come into my own until I was probably in my 20s.

Young women look at me and think, 'She's really confident. She has always had it figured out,' but actually, I really, really haven't. That has come over time as I became a young woman.

When I was in my 20s, I don't think I knew what happiness was. Now, it's about getting to a place in your life when you're confident in the person you are. It took me a long time to get there.

I think people who struggle to define themselves might never be satisfied because there is no definition. Living with responsibility is important, but I don't really think you have to grow up.

It's not like my old self - I'm not in character anymore, I'm me. I'm not hiding behind that anymore.

I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.

I'm not nearly as important as I used to think I was. It's a wonderful discovery.

It's a little silly to finally learn how to write at this age. But I long ago realized I was secretly sincere.

I've gradually grown more comfortable with who I am and what I am.

I think that more and more there's a sense that the best performances I can give are the ones that are the truest to who I am. The further I move away from who I am, the worse they are.

It's not always easy to identify your own voice. It comes with time.

I didn't start to work until I realized what it was I had to offer. I stopped imitating performers I admired and started just being myself.

Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.