Carmen Carrera Quotes

Carmen Carrera

Profession : Entertainer

Birth : April 13, 1985

I always love working with other creative talent.

Carmen Carrera

Beauty is the idea of who you truly are.

Carmen Carrera

I don't view myself as a 'trans actor' or a 'trans model.' I mean, I am - it's part of who I am - but it's not something that solely defines me.

Carmen Carrera

There's a lot of healing that needs to happen between the LGBT community and the cisgender heterosexual world. There's a ton of misunderstanding.

Carmen Carrera

Being in the entertainment industry, I do have some privileges, but when I'm off sets and in the real world, I'm a trans individual whose rights and safety have been taken away.

Carmen Carrera

The only way to combat hate is by demonstrating empathy and love.

Carmen Carrera

I would say what's really interesting about me personally is that I've taken my transgender experience, and I've looked at it on the bright side, on the positive side.

Carmen Carrera

Honestly, when I was a boy and I was out as a gay boy, I never really dealt with anyone bullying me or anything like that.

Carmen Carrera

Beauty comes from within, but it's up to us to use fashion and beauty to express who we are on the inside.

Carmen Carrera

For a long time trans people have always been a joke. Our reputation has always been the bottom of the barrel and it's not fair.

Carmen Carrera

If people can understand me and accept me as a woman, I'm going to get booked for more jobs.

Carmen Carrera

I've always had a 'stand up for the people' type of personality.

Carmen Carrera

I like to jump around, and it takes a long time for people to catch up to me sometimes.

Carmen Carrera

All you have to do is respect me. Use the right words. If you don't consider me a woman, then use trans woman. Whatever works for you. But don't try to use something that's a slur or something that's meant to degrade who we are.

Carmen Carrera

It would be pretty amazing for Victoria's Secret to be that huge corporation that embraces trans women. We shop there as well.

Carmen Carrera

Couples Therapy' is pretty big for me because it's opening the door to a new audience - a hip-hop following, which I feel is a bit more judgmental toward the LGBT community.

Carmen Carrera

I'm very passionate and believe that every time the LGBT community is featured in the media, people are learning about us.

Carmen Carrera

As someone who's visible, I feel it's part of my responsibility to have a voice for trans people because the fight is not necessarily on television. The fight is every day.

Carmen Carrera

I want to be a mom. I want to be a wife.

Carmen Carrera

I don't need to rely on my concealer to have a sense of myself. I should be able to go out without my concealer, without my makeup, and still be able to be joyful.

Carmen Carrera