Quotes about Personal Growth

I've never hidden the fact that I used to be shy, even when I was 30. However, I might have been self-conscious on the inside, but I was never inhibited about my body.

I definitely have come out of my shell a lot more. When you question who you are, you can't be proud of who you are. Now that I'm trying to peel off those layers and really understand who I am, I don't have anything to be shy about.

I'm quite shy. Really. I'm trying to expand myself as a person more, get involved with people.

I was shy and didn't believe in myself, and I only bloomed when I was in theater during rehearsal. And that's how my family found out that that's where I needed to be, because that's where I felt the most comfortable.

I'm pretty shy when I go home because I was pretty shy growing up, and I think I go back to that person.

I was very shy - I didn't speak to anyone outside of my family until the fourth grade.

Growing up, I was so shy, but it was weird because I was the complete opposite on stage. I was just free to be myself.

I was a very shy kid. In 8th grade, I had a teacher who got me into improv.

Back in 2011, I was kind of shy. I wasn't as good because that was the year, also, when I started playing basketball.

I'm not great... in large groups of people, but I'm not shy anymore.

I'm still a shy person. I've learned to put that aside on certain occasions. I have to. It's part of my job.

I'm a relatively shy person, but I love being challenged and putting myself in positions that are scary.

From the core, I'm a shy person, but when I'm on stage, I know how to put it aside. Of course, I'm not perfect, but I've definitely grown as far as being comfortable on stage.

I've gotten over my shyness from many years of doing public events.

I didn't know music either, but I became a composer. Acting too is like that. It's like cooking for your siblings when your mother is away. You have a responsibility and you try to do a good job.

The greatest thing about siblings is you constantly have someone putting you in check; there's no room to get delusional about yourself.

After 'Blankets,' I was sick of drawing myself and doing this autobiographical, mundane, Midwestern sort of comics. I wanted to create something bigger than myself and outside myself.

I moved on to a nursing agency as a receptionist just to get a job, and ended up managing it, which led to me opening my own - say your mom is sick and needs someone to help her, then you call something like what I had: a home health agency.

That's the bright side, even at 34 years old I know I can get better in several areas of my game, and that's my goal.

I'd previously done 'Expelled,' and that was more on the comedy side, so I really wanted to challenge myself and see if I could actually do a drama.

I've had great opportunities to show different sides of myself, but the challenge will always be getting either people to let you do it or finding the right things to do in order to do it.

Throughout my journey, I just want to continue to showcase the different sides of me. Everything I do is easy if I have that logic.

I've been singing since I was a little kid, but 'Sierra' was my first time singing on camera, which was definitely intimidating at first.

The accident did not change my life, change the way I think, the way I work. For sure, it gave me even more experience. The biggest problem was my sight, I couldn't see with my left eye.