- Don't say anything to the cops,
ask for a lawyer.
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- Oh, man.
- Geez.
- That's a good one.
- I would say to my younger self...
- Invest in GameStop.
- Don't be stupid and make dumb decisions.
- Don't get in the car,
there is no ice cream.
- Don't ever start smoking.
- nine, 10. (chuckles)
- Stop playing with your dick, man.
- Well, you're hot as fuck.
You should go fuck people. (chuckles)
- Always use condoms because STDs are real.
- Yes, yes.
- Don't go to Paris.
You're gonna meet someone that's gonna screw stuff up.
- Don't move for men.
- Don't stick with your high school boyfriend.
You will regret it.
- I went on to college
and I realized there are other people
that you can expand to and experience new things.
- Don't date that (beep).
- Because he's gonna piss on your bed,
make you lose your car, and he was ugly.
Well, what were you doing?
- Oh man.
- Oh.
- You're not the center of the universe.
- Don't assume so much.
- Just say less.
The less you say the better and the less you can regret.
- It's very cliche, but be yourself.
- Self. - Self.
- Self.
- Be more secure.
- I was always worried about what are people gonna think.
- Oh, that pimple on your forehead,
no one notices.
- I was just really insecure and shy.
And so, I would just feel
like my opinion didn't really matter.
- I feel like it stops you
from becoming who you were gonna be sooner.
- Younger self was all about pleasing people.
- Stop trying to be friends (chuckles)
with everyone in high school.
Jack, you know who you are,
you were rude to me, and Dylan.
You guys are lame.
- You don't need to accept being treated badly just
'cause you don't want to be alone.
- I shouldn't have let people change me.
- I've gone as far as doing drugs
that I didn't want to do for other people
just to be accepted.
- Please cut your hair.
- Don't get two consecutive perms,
you're gonna fry your hair (chuckles) off.
- You're gonna look good forever, so. (chuckles)
- Yeah.
I started going bald when I was 20,
I just got really depressed about it.
It was just like an identity thing, I guess.
But it turns out,
I ended up being like hella good looking anyways,
so it doesn't really matter.
- Don't worry about what people think about your body.
- You will grow into your little body,
don't you worry.
- The majority of my childhood
was spent just trying to get people
to not think that I was fat.
- No matter what your size is
or however you may look,
you still deserve to be loved.
- Feel free to be a little bit more confident.
- Confident.
- I could have done
with more of a fake it till you make it situation.
- I think growing up in an Asian household,
you always think that you're not enough.
- They did, but just maybe not explicitly.
But I think when you're younger,
you take everything in the literal sense.
And so when you don't hear it, you don't feel it.
- Just live and do things.
- Just say, "Yes."
If someone invited me to something I was unsure about,
I would just be like,
"Oh, my nice little introvert cave I can hide in."
- I wish I had gone to a crazy high school party
or just like any high (chuckles) school party, really.
- Don't say, "No,"
you will always regret the things you didn't do.
- Take the risk.
- Take chances.
- Go with what feels good in your gut
'cause it's usually right.
- Don't give a fuck about the haters.
- Don't give a fuck what they think. (chuckles)
- People really aren't that worried about you,
so worry more about yourself.
- If somebody gets mad,
that's their issue not yours.
- The sooner you embrace the stuff
that just makes you different,
the easier life gets.
- Stand up for myself more often.
- Don't be afraid.
- Come out earlier.
- Come out sooner.
- Come out as a lesbian sooner.
- Right out the gate.
You already know, girl. (chuckles)
- Family and friends will be okay with that.
- I'll just tell him to be kinder to himself.
- Do not take yourself so seriously.
- Seriously. - So seriously.
- So seriously.
- Don't be so serious about everything.
- Don't sweat the big stuff.
- Worrying about what you're gonna do
with the rest of your life.
- It's okay not to have it all together.
- Screw up a little more times.
- You can drop outta college.
- Go to college.
I got the acceptance,
I didn't didn't do nothing with it.
And I think I would've told myself just to go all the way
'cause then I'd be somewhere else right now.
- I'll tell my younger self not to rush.
- Don't rush to grow up.
- Stop and breathe.
- Slow down.
- The older you get,
the harder it is to be irresponsible. (chuckles)
- If I could give my younger self advice,
it would be that you're not perfect,
but nobody is.
- I probably would've had a different career.
- I should've continued playing basketball.
- Definitely could've made it to Olympics.
- When a mistake happens,
it's more so that you should learn from it,
not to beat yourself up.
- You can ask for help.
- Trust that you need other people to help you.
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- I would tell my younger self,
"Just go ahead
"and bypass all the suicidal thoughts and attempts,
"you're gonna be hella unsuccessful.
"Suck that shit up.
"Keep pushing.
"You're gonna make it and be successful.
"I love you."