- 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
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Living courageously in your uniqueness is really important: just being completely yourself. I know that sounds really cliche, but just do what you want to do.
- Drama
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- Nov 07, 2020
Horror is a totally different animal. It's intense. You can do drama or comedies, but in horror, you really have to trick yourself into believing a lot of unbelievable phenomena.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's okay to take that reservoir of passion that you have and let it flow into whatever you love. Experiment, question, replicate, be critical, be nerdy, be yourself.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got an amazing family. My wife is really smart. She's guided me the whole way. With children, you see them grow up, so it's like you're forever young. They are totally innocent and so unjaded. Watching them grow up makes you go through it again yourself.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of high cholesterol is that you can look at yourself in the mirror, and you can feel great and think there's no issues. But silently, they can be affecting your heart.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
So you shouldn't really flatter yourself that they want to be your buddy. They don't. Generally. They want you for some reason or other, and you just have to fend that off all the time.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
And the most important thing you can do is learn to edit yourself. And then go back and rewrite.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
You really have to stay true to yourself, as cheesy as that sounds. And you cannot take no for an answer, and you have to dream big. I think that's the greatest thing my family ever taught me: if you're going to dream, you have to dream so big.
- Discipline
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- Nov 07, 2020
You really need to have that discipline. It's not even discipline. I just put down these rules. It's not like a vague, 'Motivate yourself!' and do something. It's specific hours set aside every day for certain things.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you move from a different country, it takes a while to make friends. I found myself being lonely a lot at first. In New Delhi, I had all my family. But Portland is one of those cities you can immerse yourself in and feel comfortable. People are so friendly.
- Nov 07, 2020
When you seek to do something, if you don't know the whole game plan, you're usually going to work against yourself.
- Beast
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American people are incredibly generous and even playful when you open yourself up and feed the media beast until it goes away satisfied.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best thing to do when you find yourself in a hurting or vulnerable place is to surround yourself with the strongest, finest, most positive people you know.
- Nov 07, 2020