Jody Watley Quotes

I could have been on a path that led to different, more traditional teen romance, and 'Nip/Tuck' shook me loose from any generalization I might have been forced into. It helped me understand I wanted to take on things that were edgier, more challenging and riskier.

I had been making films for almost ten years, and the head men at RKO thought of me only in terms of musicals. I found no fault with that, except I just couldn't stand being typed or pigeonholed as only a singing and dancing girl. I wanted to extend my range.

What I do now defines who I am as a woman and how people see me; they don't see me as a little girl.

I knew who I was as a girl but I had to find who I was as a woman.

I understand people have preconceived notions of who I am or what I do. But I do find it a bit bizarre that people find it bizarre that I've grown up.

I hate it when people call me a teen queen.

Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up.

When people think of me initially, they remember me as 'Akeelah.' Sometimes it can be frustrating to be remembered at an age that you've outgrown.

There have been times I almost got a persecution complex. I felt like people wouldn't let me grow up. They always saw me as a smiling kid or goofy teenager, no matter how much I'd changed.

The only thing I want to be defined by is my music and personality.

Some people still see me as a kid, but I'm a 23-year-old woman now.

Like lots of women who marry young and find themselves mothers by the time they're 25, I felt I no longer had an identity.

You have to be clear what your message is and what you're doing. I mean, Miley Cyrus is an amazing talent, and sometimes you kind of just want to say, 'We know you're not Hannah Montana anymore. We know that, my dear. My darling. Now, go be great.'

When somebody says, 'This must be a children's book,' basically they're saying, 'You must be a child.' And so my answer is, 'Well, yes, I guess I am a child.' But I don't think of myself that way.

My mom sees her sons as baby boys. Well, I stopped being her baby boy a long time ago.

Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid with a guitar, traveling around. My responsibility basically was to the art, and I had extra time on my hands. There is no extra time now. There isn't enough time.

It's just that I've always been a tomboy, so being thrown into the hot nerd category and the glam thing has been very interesting for me to swallow.

I'm a young woman, and I'm growing up and trying to do it in a way I feel comfortable with.

When you're a kid, and you grow up, it takes some time for people to associate you with more things other than that initial thing.

I read Jilly Cooper when I was on the verge of just growing up and I was becoming a woman.

It is only grown-ups who want children to be children; children themselves always want to be real people.

So much of being a woman is telling lies

The Victorian woman became her ovaries, as today's woman has become her "beauty.

That's the difference between girls and women: Girls find men fascinating. Women know better.

In America, we know to ignore artists if they're serious in any way.