"I'm a lot more grounded now, a lot more settled in my skin"
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The phrasing matters. “A lot more” suggests a before-and-after without dragging the audience through the messiest chapters; it’s calibrated openness. She’s not selling trauma, not offering a redemption arc with neat plot points. She’s asserting a baseline: comfort isn’t an achievement badge, it’s a location you can finally inhabit. “In my skin” also carries a bodily frankness, a reminder that self-acceptance isn’t abstract. It’s physical. It’s how you walk into a room, how you hold eye contact, how you stop bracing for impact.
Contextually, Duvall’s public presence has long resonated with people who see queerness and outsider energy not as branding but as lived texture. This line taps into a broader cultural shift: audiences are tired of “confessional” celebrity and more interested in a calmer adulthood where identity doesn’t need constant explanation. The intent isn’t to announce transformation; it’s to normalize arrival.
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"I'm a lot more grounded now, a lot more settled in my skin." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-a-lot-more-grounded-now-a-lot-more-settled-in-49943/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.









