Quotes About Empowerment

I don't believe that an animation studio should be an executive-driven studio.

I hope that in another way we can move the need to say, instead of being a Black director, or a woman director, or a French director that I'm just a director.

If you're the only woman in the room, and you raise your hand, there's a good chance your question's going to get answered. You stand out.

Sometimes people look to others for answers they can find within themselves. I don't really want the responsibility of being the guy they look to.

One thing I would tell women is that they must take up the challenge. Very often, we anticipate a lot of problems, and therefore, we don't take the lead. And I think that we are shortchanging ourselves if we don't do that.

You can say no to people who make you feel bad about yourself. To people who backstab you or make you feel anxious in any way.

I set my own goals higher than what anybody else has set for me.

I know that I can do myself better than anybody else can.

I'm not a slave to anything anymore. And I never will be again.

I hope that more children have the same opportunities as me, with the same parents as me, that let me be an individual, who gave me freedom, and taught me to believe in myself before anyone else would believe in me.

It's time to start putting actually the students first and not anyone else.

I was always going to direct. I wasn't going to hand my characters over to anyone else.

Obviously, keeping yourself healthy and fit will make you feel better. But you don't have to be a certain size. You don't have to look like anyone else.

Don't let anyone tell you no - don't care about what anyone else thinks.

I'm the person in my skin. I'm the person in my own body. And a lot of people just need to love themselves and focus on them and they wouldn't be worried about what anyone else is doing.

It was important that I got my own voice out there in the world. I'd used it on other people's films, collaborated, and I thought, 'You know, I can do this myself.' That was more important than anything else.

I believe in myself, because I believe anything is possible.

Everything is possible. Anything is possible at any time and at any time in life. That's such an affirmative kind of feeling.

I have grown to realize that anything is possible if you are fit - from wearing clothes of your choice to thinking positive.

Anytime you can feel the ball a bit more and you feel like you're a little bit more involved, it's all about confidence.

Actors and directors work on things together. That's how I like to work, anyway. I don't want to be told what to do. I want to share it with someone and work it out together.

I'm on my own now. I have my own apartment.

You should never, ever apologize for anything that makes you happy.

It's great that I don't have to apologize about being over 26.