Jennifer Damiano Quotes

For me, 'Rent' was all about coming out of myself, finding out who I was, learning the power I could have as a performer.

I went to art school, I think it helped me a great deal because it taught me who I am.

It really is individual for everyone, but for me, theater is where I learn and grow, and that is always a good thing.

The roles that have come into my life have taught me - and in that time period maybe I didn't even know it, but whatever came up or whatever it is that you have to express at that time, has benefitted me in a particular way.

My life. The life I'm living that's where all my inspiration comes from. Real life experiences.

There's a lot to the story. And there are a lot of things I've learned about myself and about love, and I'm really grateful for the lessons, and I hope I can share that through art. I look for projects that allow me to do that, whether it's music or acting.

Our works are the mirror wherein the spirit first sees its natural lineaments. Hence, too, the folly of that impossible precept, Know theyself; till it be translated into this partially possible one, know what thou canst work at.

You gotta live life before you can talk about it. Sometimes when things don't work out in life, they work out on stage.

We have to really educate ourselves in a way about who we are, what our real identity is.

Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself through art.

I've felt emotions onstage that I never felt before; it has strengthened me as a person and as an artist.

I believe that any type of education can be great, but an education about ourselves can create something wonderful. I am a comedian, but people have called me a motivational speaker. I don't really consider myself that at all.

Don't go through life, grow through life.

I don't think I could have tackled 'The Pura Principle' until now. It takes me about twenty years to come to term with any difficult period in my life, to get enough of a grasp on it to fictionalize it.

You discover yourself through the research of your work.

Seriously I suspected I was a good actor, though I didn't know it during 'Monsoon Wedding.' Now I realize the more I learn, the less I know about acting... and life.

People always ask me, 'What is it that you regret?' And I say, 'nothing, because I could not buy what I've learned.' And I apply those things to my life I learn. And hopefully, hopefully it helps me to be a better human in the future and make better choices.

Life is definitely always about expanding. That's how we grow.

I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have spent most of my adult life being 'someone's girlfriend', and now I am happy being single.

I believe acting to be my own journey through connection more than anything else, but that's only my take on it.

As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self-understanding, and this is something that can't be taught.

I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself.

My lyrics come from my experiences growing up in life, trying to find out and express who I am. That's basically it. I'm not trying to be a prophet or anything like that. I'm just reflecting on life.

Life is a canvas of many strokes where shades from different palettes meet into a picture so concrete that some forget it is their own, so become framed themselves.

It's a big theme in my life, learning about myself and being a better person. I'm a work in progress; I have revelations every day.