- Nov 07, 2020
Yourself Quotes
The hardest audience is yourself.
These quotes turn inward — an actor describing the fear that comes before any audience does, and thoughts on the quiet value of lowering the noise and simply listening more closely. For more on inner confidence, see Feel quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Responsibility
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to use a cliche you must take full responsibility for it yourself and not try to fob it off on anon., or on society.
- Bad Review
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you take yourself too seriously, something like a bad review could put you off your stride.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't blame people or 'pop stars' or whatever for being so quiet, but you can't take it too seriously, especially on social media. It's a very hard thing to be yourself, especially when people are watching, so I don't blame them for being a bit reserved.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
Until you make a name for yourself, they're like, 'Be a little more Denzel,' 'Be a little more Wesley Snipes.'
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not to get too deep on shaving my mustache, but it was kind of symbolic of, 'This is a moment of liberation, a chance to reinvent yourself.' That's kind of what I did.
- Freeway
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no experience like going down an empty freeway toward a hurricane and then looking in the opposite lane and seeing bumper-to-bumper traffic, people fleeing that scene. Or going to a toxic spill and seeing people go the other way. You talk yourself into thinking you're invincible in order to do that.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's one of the most liberating things I experience in writing - letting yourself get rid of a gesture or character or plot point that always nagged, even if you couldn't admit to yourself that it did.
- Step
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're working in a collaborative storytelling medium, every step of the way, you're opening yourself up.
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all get a little tired of being ourselves sometimes. The answer is to reinvent yourself, but how do you do that and what is the cost?
- Nov 07, 2020
If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020