Kaya Scodelario Quotes

In junior high, I was picked on for being the small skinny kid who enjoyed being in drama. All the drama kids, we were looked at like we were aliens, and people would call us names and say, you know, 'It's stupid to be in drama.' They would say a lot worse things, to be honest.

I don't think ethical people deal with intimidation as a method to achieve success. Undermining someone's self-esteem isn't a method to achieve success.

I wasn't hugely popular at school. In fact, I was bullied at school.

I'm tired of getting made fun of.

People shouting abuse has happened for a very long time, and I find it kind of amusing and irrelevant.

I was made fun of by a lot of other kids in such a way that I didn't feel like I was human.

We are all pleased when our names are pronounced and spelled correctly.

Everyone can relate to being bullied. Everyone can relate to wanting to fit in and being part of a clique.

We are tired of having our integrity impugned. We are tired of having our sincerity questioned. We are tired of having our intelligence insulted.

I've been called Mr. Eddie's brother, but I don't trip on that. Whether you realize it or not, that's a sign of disrespect. If you address me, call me by my name. You can't lower me or make me feel uncomfortable.

I used to irritate people. I'd give them a hard time, and when it drove them crazy, that was funny to me.

Just because you're sitting at a poker table with some guy doesn't give him the right to say whatever the hell he wants about the way you live your life.

Your name is the most important thing you own. Don't ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.

I think everyone at school experiences some form of bullying. With kids at school, it can be anything - it can be your shoes or the wrong bag or anything. If you are big like I am, you are always going to be a target. So I decided at school to make myself an even bigger target, if you like: to make myself as big as I could be.

It can be hard for the cute girl. I was blond, cute, broke. I was beat up. I was thrown inside lockers. I was burned with cigarettes. My hair was lit on fire.

Kids will tease you for just about anything.

I dish the dirt out and I can take it. But why should my mother and children have to take it?

I would never heckle someone. That's why I think I'm so interested in someone that would.

I went to a mixed school and I can't remember being bullied at school, ever. I was quite large, in those days. Usually, if you're going to be a bully, you'll pick on someone who is small. I didn't bully anybody, and I don't remember being bullied.

Intimidation, harassment and violence have no place in a democracy.

I was different and people made fun of me.

I would miss months of school and then return with bright blond hair. Needless to say, there was bullying. I wasn't beaten up daily, but there was name-calling and jealousy. You have to bear in mind that 'Harry Potter' wasn't cool. I wasn't part of the 'Terminator' franchise.

One of the things that pushed me over the edge was that people on the Left were calling me names. How many kicks in the teeth do you have to endure.

If you're secure in yourself, and even if you're not secure in yourself, you don't need to bully.

Basically, I was pretty ostracized in my hometown. Me and a few other guys were the town freaks- and there were many occasions when we were dodging getting beaten up ourselves.