I needed to find my own worth and shake the image after having done 'Showgirls' at age 21. Elizabeth Berkley More Quotes by Elizabeth Berkley More Quotes From Elizabeth Berkley I'm no expert standing at a podium giving speeches. I share heartbeats. Compassion. Elizabeth Berkley compassion experts giving No one goes unscathed, we all go through things. We just can't let people's nasty words become our beliefs about ourselves, you know? Elizabeth Berkley nasty belief people I typically enjoy a beautiful beach destination, as I find the water and sand to be the most replenishing. Elizabeth Berkley beautiful water beach I will never forget experiencing Venice for the first time. It feels like you are transported to another time - the art, music, food and pure romance in the air is like no other place. Elizabeth Berkley venice air art Everyone just talks about the problems our teenage girls are facing and what they're dealing with. But there was, to me, a void in how they were being served or helped. I thought, 'Wow, I'd love to create something. Elizabeth Berkley wow teenage girl Girls are so often pitted against each other as enemies or adversaries. We even see it in 'Us' magazine: Who wore it better? Elizabeth Berkley magazines girl enemy I had to work out where I was going, what type of films I wanted to make. For that reason, I decided to choose independent productions, less important roles, and I tried theater, too. Elizabeth Berkley work-out independent important You have to be a little crazy to be a dancer. Elizabeth Berkley dancer crazy littles We're not excusing the ones who are mean, but I want girls to understand the psychology. It's not in everyone. But the bully needs to put this pain somewhere. Elizabeth Berkley bullying pain girl Girls' inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an aspect of their lives which is causing them low self esteem and day-to-day suffering. Elizabeth Berkley issues girl self-esteem I had to make some drastic choices to avoid losing myself. Elizabeth Berkley losing-myself choices losing I get enough sleep. I take very good care of myself. Growing up as a dancer, you know your body so well, you know what to do to overcome something. Elizabeth Berkley dancer growing-up sleep I will say a lot of dancers do such beautiful things for their body and then they smoke a cigarette. I've never been a smoker, but I realized after taking yoga . . . in ballet you're not encouraged to do a lot of breathing. I think in a weird way, a lot of dancers find relief in actually breathing. Elizabeth Berkley yoga beautiful thinking I was raised really, really healthy, pretty much vegetarian and a very clean lifestyle, I don't smoke, I don't drink. I'm more addicted to the things that make me feel good - endorphins after working out. Elizabeth Berkley work-out healthy feel-good No one can hand you anything as a dancer. You have to earn it. Elizabeth Berkley dancer hands Ask Elizabeth is a community of voices, it's not me standing on a podium telling people how to run their lives, it's girls helping each other sharing their wisdom and advice and I create a space for them to do it. Elizabeth Berkley voice girl running I noticed that no matter where I went in the country, there was this group of questions that got asked. I would track them and keep them in categories. Like body image, school, family, friendship, you name it, the emotional life of a teenage girl. Elizabeth Berkley teenage girl country For me, as an actress, being a dancer has helped me. I've done it with my feet bloody. Elizabeth Berkley dancer done feet I don't think people have seen yet what I can really do. Only appetizers! Elizabeth Berkley appetizers people thinking Having gone through so many of the personal things I've gone through, its about creating an (online) space for girls to be heard. I don't profess to have all the answers. But Ask Elizabeth is a space where girls are not alone. Elizabeth Berkley creating girl space
