TAYLOR SWIFT
“I’m pretty pale. In high school I was insecure and thought it’d be cool to go to a tanning bed. Now I just let it look the way it looks.” People Magazine
DARYL HANNAH
“I no longer have time for unnecessary drama. I wasted so much time scared, self-conscious and insecure. Life is too short to stress the small things anymore.” People Magazine
DEBBY RYAN
“Hollywood is like high school, there are always going to be people who hate you and people who like you. When you’re a teen, that’s tough because you’re hyper-aware of what other people are gonna say and think. But neither defines who you are as a person or how successful you are unless you let them.” GL Magazine
BEYONCE
“Independence comes from you knowing who you are and you being happy with yourself.” Life Is But A Dream
BRIDGIT MENDLER
“I grew up having to care what people think; it was part of my job. I’ve been built up and torn down, built up and torn down. It’s been difficult to tune people out, especially in the last few years. Now I’m starting to care more about me and not what everybody else thinks.” People Magazine
LEANN RIMES
“I grew up having to care what people think; it was part of my job. I’ve been built up and torn down, built up and torn down. It’s been difficult to tune people out, especially in the last few years. Now I’m starting to care more about me and not what everybody else thinks.” People Magazine
KATY PERRY
“I’ve realized that it’s time for me to show my audience that you don’t have to be perfect to achieve your dreams.
I’m okay with having bad dance moves. I’m okay with having horrible lower teeth.
That’s what makes me me, and for some reason it’s worked out all right. Parade Magazine
PORTIA DE ROSSI
“If your self-esteem really does depend on how you look you’re always going to be insecure. There’s no way you can get around it because you are going to age. Even if you get that perfect body you’re going to get older and older and older. You can’t avoid it. So you have to somehow, at some point, take control and shift the focus and decide that who you are, what you can contribute to the world, what you do and say, is so much more important than how you look.” The Conversation
PETER FACINELLI
“I was so shy. Instead of waiting in line with the other kids at lunch, I’d go to a corner and buy a pretzel and orange juice. I think I had that for lunch the first three years of high school” Redbook Magazine
HALEY WILLIAMS
“I was new, and it was like that movie Mean Girls. This clique would tease me and make up rumors about me being gay. I don’t even know why they did it. I came home crying one day and told my mom I couldn’t be around them anymore. So we decided I would be home schooled.
I think it’s important to check in with yourself and make sure you are being exactly who you want to be. When I am true to who I am, I’m a better girlfriend. I’m just more happy being me.” Cosmopolitan Magazine