Quotes

A lot of people are really excited to see the continuation of Cory and Topanga and Boy Meets World (1993). I was getting a lot of positive feedback, which I was really happy about.

I think people are excited because, even watching Boy Meets World (1993), you can tell that those characters are going to do something when they get older. I think people are excited to see characters they grew up with continue.

I think my style philosophy would be to never define your style. Be whatever you want!

I feel like we live in a world that often would kind of try to shut teenagers up, and kind of put them aside, or tell them that they can speak, but it's kind of not going to matter or something like that. And I feel like my thoughts and my opinions have always been very open and they've always been very allowed, and I defiantly want to encourage other teens to do the same and to form their own opinions. Even if they're the ones I disagree with, at least they're forming them by themselves.

[KTLA Morning News Interview June 09 2015] I want to do two years at Columbia [University] and two years at Oxford [University]. That's my only dream.

[New York] Processing my relationship to my gender and sexuality here makes more sense than doing it in LA. Here, you go outside and see your community and that's extremely different. My friends have really made this place relevant to my self-discovery. I just feel fucking good here.

If there's one thing I want people to take away from our show [Girl Meets World (2014)] , I want it to feel inclusive, and feel like anyone can watch it and somehow identify. So the more people who can identify with the show, should identify with the show.

[what teens are obsessed with that adults need to know] Know what the teens are obsessed with that I'm also obsessed with? Brockhampton. The teens love Brockhampton. It's f-cking hot that they are this queer, person of color boy band. That's f-cking hot.

In my work, I'm passionate about trying different things and being okay if I mess up. Now I'm trying to bring that into my own life.

[getting into acting] I knew that if I was going down this road, I was going to have to be assertive. Hollywood is a machine, and it can break you down.

[coming out] It started getting uncomfortable when I said I was queer online and then everyone just focused on that. I was the queer Disney star and everyone's eyes began to feel voyeuristic.

[sexual misconduct on set] I had an instance where I witnessed somebody I worked with inappropriately touched someone else that I worked with who was a minor. I reported it privately to our showrunner. The next day, nobody talked to me, and said that I was trying to ruin this person's career.