Nicole Maines Quotes

Having trans people play trans roles show that we are valid in our identities, and we exist.

Growing up, I never had a role model to show me that you can be trans and live a happy life. I hope that I can be that source of hope for someone out there who's struggling.

Now that I'm out there and it's known that I'm trans, I think that sometimes might hinder my opportunity in snagging a big cis role.

If my making history makes it easier for a trans kid at home somewhere to feel more at home in their skin, then I'm so excited about that.

I want to keep sharing my story in the hope that young trans people or just people who feel different or ostracized have something to look up to.

All I can really say is to encourage anybody who's in the closet to come out, and congratulate anyone who has.

Acceptance is so important because we cannot go through this journey alone. I am fortunate to have a very supportive family, but not all trans kids are so lucky. I recommend seeking out a friend or an adult who you think will accept you and telling them how you feel.

If people can understand me and accept me as a woman, I'm going to get booked for more jobs.

These past six years, people have seen me as a woman, not a transsexual. People in the gym, people I train with, it's been great, it's been awesome. I'm just a woman to them. I don't want that to go away. It's unfortunate that it has to.

There's something to be said about seeing your face represented. There's just something really important about that. It just draws you in more.

Hopefully I can play a role where I'm not stigmatized to just being a trans woman.

More than anything, I want fans to take away an understanding of trans people that we can be anybody.

It's tough advocating for trans visibility and not being pigeonholed as just a trans actress.

Saying it now sounds obvious, but that can be really hard to remember when you're a trans kid who feels like your world's been turned upside down. Just having someone to see in the media is so empowering and validating.

If you think you aren't valid for whatever reason, let my existence and the way the world embraces my existence tell you that you are valid. You deserve to look, live, and walk through the world however you see fit. That's why I find it extremely important to be so out, so black, and so myself.

I'm incredibly proud to be the first trans director to be nominated for an Oscar.

We need folks who are queer or trans, to have an opportunity to tell their story.

Anytime you give a trans person an opportunity, especially an opportunity to be ourselves, you are promoting a shift in the way society sees us.

I happen to believe that trans people are anointed, and because of our experiences and the unique way we see the world, we can bring so much to a role. We just need the opportunity to show that.

It means so much to me to see Caitlyn Jenner coming out, just by being her authentic self, staying true to who she is, and just living her life.

As a black person of non-gender-conforming experience, my first existentially reciprocal and affirming experiences were in the New York ballrooms.

That's one of the biggest fears a lot of trans people have if they decide to come out, that they're making themselves unlovable and that they'll never have a relationship again.

As much as I think that in the future we won't need labels, at the moment they're really important. So I'm making myself embrace that. I truly am proud to be queer. Even watching 'Queer Eye' is something that inspired me to say that. So that's the power of representation.

I don't want the same trans story to be told over and over again. I don't want people to get stuck on this very western idea of what it means to be transgender.

I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am.