GRiZ Quotes

I felt more comfortable playing other people than being myself, when I was a kid. And then, the tables turned. Through my performances, I've become more comfortable with who I am, and then I just bring more of myself into the people that I play.

I have been a woman for 46 years and I only recently realized I can't change it and I like it.

I'm one Pia Zadora, the same way all the time. That's why I'm happy. It took me a long time to get to the point where could be myself all the time.

I want kids to know that it is okay to make a change in order to feel better about themselves.

'Rick' never really fit. I tried for 18 years to make it work, and no one wanted to call me Rick. It should always have been Ricky. That's what it always should have been, so I'm going back to it.

It's all about, no matter where you come from, that you can be who you want to be and achieve what you want to achieve. I want people to learn to love who they are. Because that's the hardest thing in life, being able to see yourself the way other people see you.

When you really understand who you are, it enables you to fight and believe.

We are helping women express themselves and feel awesome about themselves, and I think that does change the course of your day.

I just felt that I was going to fall apart if I didn't learn to be myself.

Every time I dance, I'm trying to prove myself to myself.

Everyone always said, 'When you're 10, you'll want to be Elizabeth, or when you're in college.' And every time, I was was just like, 'No, I'm Beanie. That's who I am.' So I love my name because I think it really suits me.

I'm confident in who I am, and I'm not doing anything wrong. I'm just being myself: being comfortable with my body, comfortable with my sound, and I'm figuring out who I am.

I'm actually thrilled with the woman I'm turning out to be.

I know who I am. I'm proud of my journey.

What if everything I thought was wrong with me was actually right with me? You have to have the courage to show who you are to the world.

There is a beauty and a special quality in being what I am. I know it, and I've learned how to use it.

It's so hard to know where you belong, ever. You have to be yourself and let yourself fall wherever you fall.

Doing 'Hedwig' totally contributed to my acceptance of myself.

The great thing about being a woman is the power of reinvention.

My confidence comes from the realisation that, actually, the best you can be is you, learning to accept who I was, what I wanted, and that I was more than my body.

It took a while to grow the confidence to say, 'This is who I am, take it or leave it.'

It's easy to forget who you are.

I don't think I like characters who are afraid and ashamed of who they are.

Women who start out as ugly ducklings don't become beautiful swans. What they mainly become is confident ducks. They take charge of their lives.

I do think that you can dress yourself out of a problem. The way that a haircut and a new pair of pants can make you feel is better than any therapist, because when you look in the mirror, you see a different person - you are a different person. It's superficial change that can lead to real change.