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I feel like when people judge me they're not judging me, because they don't know who I am.

People have always made assumptions about me. I become very territorial about my identity because it's been hijacked by so many people with their own projections.

I know from my own experience and from other people in the business that when you come from a place where nobody knew who you were and then there is this sudden shift to where everybody now knows who you are, there's an adjustment that you have to make.

I decided very early on that it took too much of my energy to pretend to be someone else. People will make up their minds about me whatever I do or say, but at least I know I am being true to myself.

But people who do not know me are surprised to see me as a real person I guess.

To people who don't know me I'm defined by a number of things that people know about me that are entirely untrue.

I think people have come to know me, and I don't deviate too much as an individual. What you see is what you get.

I am a very honest person, and I can only say there are moments in my life where I really did think I was being me in the sense of my morals and beliefs and the way I acted. But when I look back at certain things that I wore and my hair and make-up, I was like, 'Whoa! That wasn't me!' But I didn't know it back then.

I have met many people, and everyone's impression of me is based on my career.

I think I'm not always what I seem. Most people, when they get to know me, say, 'You know, when I first met you...' People initially think I'm a snob because I'm intensely private.