Zoe Kazan Quotes

I used to hold back because people would get offended, but now I'm like, 'You're going to hear me, regardless. Whether you accept what I have to say or not is on you.'

Most people get scared away from having an opinion. It's not so much my opinions everybody relates to, it's that I don't care about being punished for it.

I don't really care if you think I'm strange--I ain't gonna change!

I think a good thing that needs to change is that people should be at least fearless about expressin' themselves.

I don't really care what people think, ... I just do my own thing. ... I like being loud and letting people know I'm there.

I think that Diwata does not fit that mold. She's loud, she's a huge personality, she's imposing. I don't know if I'm the same thing in that sense, but what gives me the joy in playing her is the total rejection of needing to fit in. It's so inspiring.

I'm not afraid to speak out, and say things that I want to do, or do the things that I want to do, so um, I think in the end, being natural, and being, being actually genuine is what wins.

People are timid and apologetic; they are no longer upright; they dare not say "I think," "I am," but quote some saint or sage. They are ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose. These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God to-day.

I'm absolute attacking my own instinct for politeness, but I think I admire artists who just speak out or who are strong, so it's very hard.

For myself, for a long time... maybe I felt inauthentic or something, I felt like my voice wasn't worth hearing, and I think everyone's voice is worth hearing. So if you've got something to say, say it from the rooftops.

Never let anyone silence your voice.

For better or worse, I've always tried to march to my own drum and tell it like it is, while preserving some integrity and style. God, I'm fabulous!

I'm someone who believes the truth needs to be heard. And if I'm empowered with the truth, I'm not going to shut up.

I say things other people wish they could say. I don't pick on people - I empower them.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

I don't care about controversies. I am a young woman with an opinion about certain things. I can't be diplomatic. I am a feminist, and as long as I can be the voice of hundreds of girls out there, I will speak my mind. I don't care what other people think.

I just am who I am.

I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.

Like most Latinas, I'm not afraid to speak my mind.

I'm telling you, there is a lot of power in being unapologetic.

I always believed that I have something important to say and I said it.

I wasn't the guy everyone liked. I was the guy that wouldn't shut up.

I am who I am. I'm going to speak my mind.

I've had strong opinions probably since I was born. It makes you unpopular, but what can you do?

I realize I love crazy ladies. Of course I don't like to think of myself as one, but maybe I am, too. I dunno. I'm always drawn to them; I think it's because I'm attracted to people who aren't in the business of people-pleasing: saying what they really think, not passive-aggressive at all.