I record into my phone as soon as I hear a track. Melody comes first for me, and then my gibberish usually forms into lyrics and a concept from there. Keiynan Lonsdale More Quotes by Keiynan Lonsdale More Quotes From Keiynan Lonsdale I've become bored of being insecure, ashamed, scared... no one should feel like that about themselves, especially when there is so much good life to live. Keiynan Lonsdale feel good good-life life You can live your dreams, and you can believe in magic. You can live your dreams, and you can be yourself. Keiynan Lonsdale be-yourself yourself dreams you I suffered a lot from social anxiety, and being on set was really scary to me. That fear can cause limits in your art and your performance because you're not going all in because there is this little thing in your head. Keiynan Lonsdale me you fear art People often expect that I should know a lot of things because I'm black. I don't really explain it to people, but it's like, I'm from Australia, my Mum's Aussie, and I grew up with five other Aussie brothers and sisters. Keiynan Lonsdale know australia black people I actually don't label myself, but... Some people call me queer; some people call me bisexual, whatever it is now. I'm happy with all of it 'cause it all sort of represents me, in a way. I spent a majority of my life in the closet. Keiynan Lonsdale my-life myself me life At some point, I came out to a lot of friends and some family, but then I went back in the closet when I started working as an actor in America. Keiynan Lonsdale back friends family america I'd only been out for, like, six months before I booked 'Insurgent'. It was my first role in America, and it was a huge movie franchise. All I'd ever hear at the time was how Hollywood treated gay men or queer men, so I was, like, 'Well, I'm not going to shoot myself in the foot before I've even started life here,' you know? Keiynan Lonsdale myself time men life I think, in general, straight actors should be able to play queer roles just as much as queer actors should be able to play straight roles. I think the reason why the debate is there is because we haven't had enough queer actors being cast in anything. People are in need of that representation in general. Keiynan Lonsdale think debate enough people It's important that I work with people where they know why they're hiring me and that they're looking to create art without fear. Anyone who uses those excuses to not cast people or to create extremely stereotypical characters, they're creating out of fear, and to me that's really boring. Keiynan Lonsdale me fear work art I'd be really honored to do more LGBTQ stories. Keiynan Lonsdale really more honored stories As much as I think that in the future we won't need labels, at the moment they're really important. So I'm making myself embrace that. I truly am proud to be queer. Even watching 'Queer Eye' is something that inspired me to say that. So that's the power of representation. Keiynan Lonsdale myself me moment future There's a lot to the story. And there are a lot of things I've learned about myself and about love, and I'm really grateful for the lessons, and I hope I can share that through art. I look for projects that allow me to do that, whether it's music or acting. Keiynan Lonsdale myself music hope love I started writing when I was, like, eleven. We couldn't afford private lessons, so I had to teach myself how to sing through recording songs on GarageBand. Keiynan Lonsdale myself like teach writing No one really had to encourage me to become an artist; it was just something I knew I had to do. I was drawn to things that seemed impossible. Keiynan Lonsdale something me artist impossible I grew up with my mom, and my mom had six kids, and I was the youngest, but I had a different father than my brothers and sisters, and I only met him when I was ten years old. Then he introduced me to his other children. Keiynan Lonsdale me mom father children When we have a lot of the running, which we do on green screen, that is actually the hardest... I swear I have, like, four separate scenes in a row running, and I'd only done one at a time before. Keiynan Lonsdale like green done time From, like, two, three years old, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson and just wanted to be on stage with him. And my mum put me in dance classes, but I had a lot of social anxiety and didn't want to be around people; I didn't like to look at anyone in the eye, so that was a difficult thing to get over. Keiynan Lonsdale look me dance people I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be on stage. Keiynan Lonsdale stage want time remember I think what's really important is valuing friendships and family a lot. Keiynan Lonsdale i-think think family important Some people think 'Higher' is about literally getting high, and other people think it's more in a spiritual sense. To me, it's all that. To me, it was like I need to escape from this down state - emotionally, spiritually, mentally, everything. I want to be above this. Wherever we are now. I need to go up. Keiynan Lonsdale down me spiritual people
