CHRISTINA HENDRICKS
“It’s hard to have scrutinizing eyes on you all the time, but I’ve learned to listen to myself. As I get older, I’m more confident because I know myself better than I ever have before. You have to remember that it’s a big, wide world of people with a lot of opinions. Just ask yourself, ‘Do I feel good today? Do I feel true to myself?’ That’s all you can do.” InStyle
DAISY EDGAR-JONES
“Reading is such a great way to develop empathy because you realize we’re all similar. We all feel heartbreak. We all feel grief. I was quite shy, so acting was a chance to do things that me, myself, would be too shy to do. If you are too worried about the outcome, you won’t be able to make bold choices.” People Magazine
SIMONE ASHLEY
“I was quite nerdy in school, or maybe innocent, in that I grew up quite slowly until I was about 15 or 16. I wasn’t part of, like, the cool mean girl’s group.” Elle Magazine
EMMANUEL ACHO
“Words have the power to heal and the power to kill. We should choose wisely. You can’t teach yourself something that you have no inherent knowledge of. Distance breeds fear. Racism is in the atmosphere. That’s what people don’t want to admit. But we can’t fix it until we admit it’s there.” People Magazine
JOAQUIN PHOENIX
“We’re at our best when we support each other, not when we cancel each other out for past mistakes.” People Magazine
NORMANI KORDEI
“I did get bullied a lot. Not feeling like I had that representation at school was very hard. I’ve always felt like the underdog in anything that I’ve ever done.” Allure Magazine
SERENA WILLIAMS
“There were so many matches I won because something made me angry or someone counted me out. That drove me. I’ve built a career on channeling anger and negativity and turning it into something good. My sister Venus once said that when someone out there says you can’t do something, it is because they can’t do it. But I did do it. And so can you.” Vogue
AMANDLA STENBERG
“I think crying is incredibly healthy. A couple days ago I had just finished Comic-Con, and I had this big announcement that I’m joining the Star Wars universe. My life is changing a lot because I’m going to move away to work on it. When I got back to the hotel, I called my mom. We talked for a while and cried a little but, and then guess what? I felt better.” People Magazine
WEIRD AL YANKOVIC
“Sometimes I think that what I do is frivolous or silly, but then I hear from people saying that they were going through a very hard time, feeling depressed, some even saying they were on the brink of suicide, and that listening to my music helped them get beyond that. That’s extremely meaningful to me.” People Magazine
WILLOW SMITH
I feel like being vulnerable is one of the first steps to opening your heart to people and letting them know that they can be vulnerable too. Because being vulnerable is power, I think. Vanity Fair