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Don't let others define you. You define yourself.

Being an adult comes with a whole new set of issues.

As kids, our experiences shape our opinions of ourselves and the world around us, and that's who we become as adults.

I don't like defining myself. I just am.

I'm so associated with being young and being with a teenager.

I grew up with too much freedom. You can't define yourself.

I tend to deal with characters who are sort of at that same point of wrestling with, 'Who am I going to be as an adult? What do I believe? How am I defining myself in the context of my culture and my peer groups, my family?'

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Throughout my life, I have grappled with my own identity, who I am. As a young child, I often felt ambivalent about myself, in fact, confused.

I learned by example. ...As a kid you think you are just the same as other adults.