Quotes about Personal Growth

I believe that when things are easy, people stay dormant.

Everybody has their doubts in their 20s, but I've always loved sort of having a sense of direction.

I never went to drama school, but I did learn a couple of things along the way.

I've never worked as hard as when I was at drama school. It's the most professional environment I've ever been in.

In the next five years, I'd absolutely love to do theater. I went to drama school and that's where the focus lies. I'd definitely like to do that before the fear sets in.

I'm drawn to opportunities that are going to challenge me and cause me to look outside of my own experiences.

I find that I'm just drawn to anything that's going to challenge me as an actress. So, anything that's going to help me grow.

Get to know the real you, rather than try to look like or dress like those around you.

I have learned one thing: the only thing you can change about your husband is the way he dresses.

Growing up in Iowa I could have had it a lot worse. My family was more worried about my education and my health than the fact that I wore my sister's dresses.

There was a time in my life when I drank. I wasn't the best me when I was a drinker.

I was doing B.Tech in Noida, but I dropped out in my second year.

I got to a point when I was 20 that I dropped out of university because I felt I didn't have any purpose, and I wanted to find a fire in me.

I dropped out of school.

I didn't do very well when I was at school, so my dad gave me the opportunity to travel in Africa. I drove from London to Nairobi. It was incredible.

One of the reasons I needed to leave Dream Theater was because I didn't want to end my career as just the drummer in one band.

I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.

If I was going to start over, then I wanted to go somewhere I could get better and win and see if I was a really good player. That's why I came to Duke.

I've done a lot of dumb things in my life.

I was a dummy in school.

I'm not one to dwell on the past and have resentments.

Acting came from growing up in dysfunction. I mean, a lot of great times, but a lot of dysfunction.

The goal is to try to just get better each day.

Each day I'm learning more and more and getting more comfortable.