Sharon Lawrence Quotes

Kids are naturally gifted at art from a very young age. The problem is when they get older and become self-conscious. The process should always be fun, though.

I like writing better. Because I don't have to wear makeup, I don't have to be thin, and I don't have to remember lines.

Music was my first love; acting was something that wasn't important to me early on.

When I was 16, I felt I might be left with some effeminacy because of all the dancing. I was so full of classical dance that I wanted to get away and do something else.

It's the scariest thing in the world, going to acting class, because first of all, there's a lot of pressure. I just go back to being that fourth grader who couldn't, like, sit still in her seat.

I've got some stories to tell, and acting was a way I could express myself and not feel stupid. I fell in love with that.

Painting, music, photography, and visual art have been creative forms of expression for me for decades.

I majored in sociology and never took a single music-related course, much less any kind of class in public speaking - no confidence for it, none - yet I still had a passion for it that burned inside me.

I'm not a fitness model; I'm just a singer. If people focus on that, that's what I care about.

Once I decided to be a different person on stage, I got the chance to be larger than life and over the top, which I love.

I love being an actor so much because, as a person, I would be conscious about pimples and weight because I love vanity, and I own up to it. I have been like that since I was a child, but where my characters are concerned, they are such confident women that I love celebrating my flaws on screen.

My choices are made out of love. When I go on stage now, I want to make people happy. I mean, when I get hecklers now, I'm nice to them!

My parents couldn't afford physical therapy, so they sent me to dancing school. I learned how to dance in heels, which means I can walk in heels. And I'm from Jersey, and we are really concerned with being chic, so if my friends wore heels, so did I.

Up until the age of 13, girls are confident, and they feel like they can conquer the world. Then adolescence sets in, and girls lose their confidence. And 'Seventeen' is really about them taking an hour out of their month, unplugging, lying on their bed, and reading a magazine that believes in them.

I want to be able to deliver the kind of show that I want - to go onstage with my chin held up.

I've been dancing and wearing costumes my whole life, so there's that sexiness to who I am that I enjoy.

The X Factor' was amazing because I like being a positive role model to young artists; that's what I believe in. If I can shed some light and give them some tips on how to believe in themselves and be more confident with their craft.

There is something about being on stage that's a release for me. It gets my mental energy out.

Being a big kid, I was kind of fat and chubby, and I got picked on quite a bit.

I was not happy with myself as a human being when I was very young - I was afraid of people; I was afraid of talking, I didn't know how to express myself other than by being on stage.

Acting was not for me. They were saying, you are too beautiful, you are too ugly, you are too plump, too tall, too short. You cannot believe the way you are judged.

Growing up in the Raleigh theater scene was a big factor in developing the ability, which I have now, to be freely me.

I started singing before I started tweeting, actually. It was always a passion... I started singing, and then I got into acting. Singing is something I love to do. I feel very confident doing it.

Personally, I wouldn't mind going on stage naked, totally naked.

After doing 'Dance Moms,' I've been super inspired and motivated to work with girls.