I've always been comfortable in my own skin - sometimes a little too comfortable, which in turn makes other people uncomfortable.
I have always been a person who is extremely comfortable in my skin. I have always just been myself in all these years on the public platform.
My parents brought me up to be comfortable in one's own body. And I have always been comfortable in my own skin.
I'm clearly doing what I want. I hope kids can see my act and feel like they can be slightly more comfortable in their own skin because I'm being so ridiculously comfortable in mine. I'm not that comfortable in my skin the moment I walk offstage. But I try to project that while I'm on it.
I know who I am and I've always been comfortable in my own skin.
I don't believe in pick-up lines because I've always been very comfortable in my own skin.
Whether people think I'm old fashioned, I don't care. I've always been very comfortable in my own skin. I've never been a brandist, I don't use words like philosophy, that sort of stuff isn't for me.
I think number one, in addition to being hot, the one thing that has always been important to me in a mate is somebody who is comfortable in their own skin and who is very secure.
Now that I am an adult, I'm very comfortable in my own skin. I'm a lot more settled down and I learnt to just be comfortable with where I'm at, rather than always wanting to be somewhere ahead of where I am.
I've always been really comfortable around athletics, I've just never been comfortable playing anything.
I've always cared about the world. That's never been an issue. But with learning how to smile, it's been learning how to feel comfortable within my own skin, and to feel accepted, and to feel empowered, and to feel worthy.
Feeling comfortable in my own skin has never been easy for me.
The most important characteristic that has allowed me to succeed is confidence. I have always been comfortable in my own skin, and even when I was just starting out in my career, had the strength and self-assurance to ask tough questions and push for answers.
That's what I mean by being bilingual: comfortable in your skin, comfortable with all parts of who you are.
I embrace my darker skin - always have, always will. In addition, I believe black women have always been trailblazers and trendsetters. Acknowledgement or not, we are and always have been beautiful.
I think it's just getting comfortable in New York City, comfortable in your own skin.