Gigi Gorgeous Quotes

There are different sides to me; I wanted to make a personal film but I would not want to make any film that does not reflect me in it. At least, not right now. I'm just too young to be doing that.

It's very important to me to understand myself and my place in the world. My films help me with that, and the more people see them, the more I am making a statement.

Acting, I get to explore other people and other characters; with music, I get to express and explore myself.

I think songwriting was the biggest way that I found my identity.

You can sing only what you are. You can paint only what you are. You must be what your experiences, your environment, and your heredity have made you. For better or for worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life.

You can't sit around and wait for somebody to say who you are. You need to write it and paint it and do it

I do eventually want to get back into performing, but right now it's more fun for me to dance for myself.

The individual - man as a man, man as a brain, if you like - interests me more than what he makes because I've noticed that most artists only repeat themselves.

For me, the magazine was always the heart of what my life was all about, and the other half was living the life.

With every project you do, you bring out a part of yourself, and it seems to be quite a good way of expanding a person.

Guitar is the best form of self-expression I know. Everything else, and I'm just sort of tripping around, trying to figure my way through life.

I feel, as an artist, I should be able to express who I am and the things I come from, and the places I want to also be.

I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive.

I've always been interested in how fast-moving our identity is and that I've never been able to pin down who I truly am. That inspires me to write, because I feel like that cements me a bit, in that I find my identity in being an artist.

Acting was a godsend. I found myself because I loved acting.

My writing was liberated once I abandoned acting.

I've always used poetry to explain myself to myself. These things just sat in my psyche and then came out.

I love acting because it's empowering. It empowers me.

Well, you know, it's been interesting because an album is just a snapshot of where you are at that time. Not all pictures of everybody are just in jeans and a 'T' shirt, or a ball gown. You have many different sides and this is a snapshot of where you are at that time.

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint.

I couldn't be 'Johnny' in front of a camera in acting jobs and behind the camera I like to be 'Michael.' With directing, you can't do it by halves. There's a lot of reflection, and I have found that I, as 'Michael,' thrive on it. It's lovely coming home and feeling that stuff from a day's work as myself.

I choose to express myself.

Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

As children, we think our mother has always been a mother, but it is just one of the roles you may have the opportunity to play. They don't define you as a human being.

Today there are millions of people making stuff and putting it into the world: that's become part of our identity and it shouldn't be limited to people who fancy themselves writers, or who are particularly witty or talented.