A Quote by Vivienne Westwood
I haven't told anyone this before, but when I was a teenager... I actually thought I was turning into a boy, and I didn't really care. It didn't bother me at all.
Related Quotes
I never thought anyone would come up to me and say, 'I like 'Better Call Saul' better than 'Breaking Bad.'' If you had asked me before we started, 'Would that bother you if someone said that?' First of all, I would have said, 'That's never gonna happen. And yeah, it probably would bother me.' It doesn't bother me a bit. It tickles me. I love it.
Before I was a comedian, I thought the coolest thing that would happen to me was being a teenager... Boy, was I wrong!
I thought, 'Anyone can make up a lie, but making the truth funny is really hard.' But I actually had more problems with people believing me when I told the truth on stage.
I know my own truth. I'm in a great relationship with a woman. Maybe before it used to bother me. Then I was like, ‘This is so stupid that this bothers me. Some of my best friends in the world are gay, and if this is bothering me, then that means I have an issue with that.’ Once I figured that out for myself, I thought, ‘I don't care what anyone thinks about me.’ That's why I think I've become an ally for the gay and lesbian community. I just got [an Ally for Equality Award] the other day in Atlanta. I've very proud of my role in the community. So say what you will.
I told you before, I'll fight anyone. I don't care.
I don't know anyone who actually likes the dark or night-time. I don't care how much they say it doesn't bother them. That's why we used to huddle in caves and light fires when the sun went down.
I was in the process of growing dreads, they were down to my lip. I could whip them back and forth. Then I just thought to myself, "Is this really me? Can I really do this?" So I washed them out and went to the barber shop. I told them to give me a mohawk. But then there was this teenager also getting one. I couldn't do that.
Long before it legally served me, the bar saved me. It restored my faith when I was a boy, tended me as a teenager, and when I was a young man the bar embraced me.
I actually had a really nice guitar as a teenager. I took jazz guitar, so my mom bought me this probably $1,600 guitar. But I got really into garage rock and local bands, and I noticed they played really crappy guitars. So I thought, 'Hey, I should get a crappy guitar, too!'
Honestly, when I was a boy and I was out as a gay boy, I never really dealt with anyone bullying me or anything like that.
It was important to me that the book didn't comment on being a teenager, but felt instead like a story told by a teenager.
Very few people ever bother to find out what other people really think. They are willing to accept whatever they are told about anyone sufficiently distant.
When my publicist told me I was going to be in 'People''s Ones to Watch as Maybelline's honoree, at first I was in shock. Then I thought, 'Wow. This is really happening.' I just feel so happy and honored that they would choose a boy in beauty.
I'm thick, actually. But it doesn't bother me. I think I'm really clever.
Somebody told me I should try writing. Actually, a lot of people tried to get me to try writing, long before I thought I was 'the writing type'.
Do my ears deceive me, or can I actually hear the sounds of worms turning? You say a turning worm makes no sound? But how about a chorus of turning worms?
Related Authors
Alber Elbaz Quotes
Israeli
Designer
Brad Goreski Quotes
American
Designer
Carolina Herrera Quotes
Venezuelan
Designer
Christian Louboutin Quotes
French
Designer
Coco Chanel Quotes
French
Designer
Diane von Furstenberg Quotes
Belgian
Designer
Donatella Versace Quotes
Italian
Designer
Donna Karan Quotes
American
Designer
Giorgio Armani Quotes
Italian
Designer
Jonathan Ive Quotes
English
Designer
Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
German
Designer
Lauren Conrad Quotes
American
Designer
Marc Jacobs Quotes
American
Designer
Sonia Rykiel Quotes
French
Designer
Tim Gunn Quotes
American
Designer
Tom Ford Quotes
American
Designer