Ari Graynor Quotes

I've always thought of myself as a strong person. However, it's taken me a while to fully find my voice.

When I started wrestling and then turned into the Evil Queen, I created this character who I needed in my personal life. This woman who is strong, intelligent, confident, empowering. That's what I needed in my personal life.

Women who have strong identities, who know themselves, really inspire me.

I'm not afraid of a rant, am I? I've got to that point where I've just become a woman; I think I've just grown.

By the second time I sang by myself in school, I just realized that I was more in control of my environment than I had ever been before.

The older you get, the more yourself you can be and the less worried you are about what other people think.

It's truly disheartening to me to see so many beautiful women who have no idea what their potential is.

Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.

At the Brooklyn Ethical Culture School, we learned to express ourselves, and I've been expressing myself ever since.

I think with acting, since I became an actor... I, as a person, have become more confident and I have really come out of my shell somewhat... and back to myself, you know.

I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people. Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

We all need a firm sense of identity.

When I was married, I wasn't loving myself. Now I'm in love with myself. I will get married again.

When I first got into the league, I tried to fit in. Now I don't care.

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.

I'm still very much Kate.

I know who I am and what I do.

Art helped give me confidence.

I think you have to ask questions that are scary to ask, and you cannot apologize for that, and you cannot worry what anyone else thinks about your journey.

Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.

I feel like I've started to grow up and be more of a woman instead of this crazy girl.

I know who I am by now. And I am my own brand.

You should wear what you want to wear and not worry about trying to paint yourself in a certain image because that self-awareness is what's going to help you become a more independent and more interesting and healthier adult.