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- 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
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lie on the bridge and watch the water flowing past. Or run, or wade through the swamp in your red boots. Or roll yourself up and listen to the rain falling on the roof. It's very easy to enjoy yourself.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always wanted my music to have that desperation, where you just want to strip your clothes off and run down the highway. I want the feeling where you don't really know what to do with yourself - in the vocals, in the production. Everything.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of kids are broken, and it's hard for them to believe in anything. But you have to have an imaginative mind and tell yourself, 'Hey, I can do whatever I want to.'
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned that I was just getting too consumed by racing. That's all I used to do was think about it. You have to be able to turn it off. You have to make yourself stop, or you'll get burned out.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a child actor, you haven't been allowed to be yourself for most of your life; you've been constrained by the demands of your job, your parents, directors. A fictional or amplified version of you exists, but when you're 17, you can't have a debate with yourself about authenticity.
- Mirror
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's easy to figure out whether you're getting stale. All you've got to do is look in the mirror and be honest with yourself.
- Nov 07, 2020
You write for two people, yourself and your audience, who are usually better educated and at least as smart.
- Kid
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't kid yourself that anyone in the Premier League is going to do you any favours.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Knowing the strike zone is very important, but I think the first thing is knowing yourself, knowing what things you do well.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really admire the great Japanese artists who could change their name three times in a lifetime. You could get rid of one and renew yourself.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020