Alexander Dreymon Quotes

I used to think that anyone doing anything weird was weird. I suddenly realized that anyone doing anything weird wasn't weird at all and it was the people saying they were weird that were weird.

I don't like to be different; I would like to be the same.

It is hard to be an individual in Japan.

I think because I was the first Chinese player to win a grand slam, people were thinking: 'She's not like normal people.'

I try to be as normal as I can.

I have a wig for when I go outside among the regular folks, so they don't feel uncomfortable because I have a Day-Glo color somewhere in my hair.

A lot of times I blend in a little bit easier because I'm not like a basketball player who's going to stand out because of his height.

Most Americans never work as hard as when they're trying to appear normal, and in New Orleans, we just don't bother with that.

I'm not cutting my hair because I'm not going to be fake.

We're all taught to blend in and behave.

You don't have to make yourself look like people expect you to look.

Not everybody needs to be a weirdo.

I don't look like the stereotypical darts player, do I?

My favorite characters are people who think they're normal but they're not. I live in Baltimore, and it's full of people like that. I've also lived in New York, which is full of people who think they're crazy, but they're completely normal.

A stereotype becomes a stereotype when a significant percentage of the population appears to conform to it.

There’s nothing wrong with not looking like something. It just means you don’t fit the stereotype yet.

Hip-hop is so saturated with the same old same old that people always expect the guy to actually be the guy. They want you to be real and straight from the streets and all that.

That was how we categorised ourselves in the dressing room - you were either a nerd or a Julio. Julios have got to look perfect - the hair has got to be perfect, they've got to have the right gear on, it's all about their appearance. The nerds weren't bothered about how they looked.

I don't want to be special.

I look like what we have taught society a lesbian looks like. I just do. I have the short hair. I got the muscles.

I don't look like a chorus girl.

I'm sick of people putting boxes around everyone, telling you where and how you have to fit in.

I'm not that powerful to take out the masculinity of a beard.

Since I can remember, being different was always hard around normal people. That's just how it is, whether you have vitiligo, a deformity, or a different way of thinking or dressing. It's going to always be weird for normal people.

Everyone was wearing jeans, so I started wearing slacks. I'd walk on, and people would laugh before I got to the mic because I looked stupid.