- Character
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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
- Nov 07, 2020
When you just coast through work and don't feel inspired, I feel you are lying to yourself.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've seen a lot of good things and a lot of the bad of what Hollywood can bring. At the end of the day, I've found that when you try and fit in, that's a way to go crazy; you kind of lose yourself. I'm sometimes the different one at the table, but I don't care.
- Fashion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Clothes is just something you put on to cover yourself... fashion is a way to communicate.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the only reason I wanted to do modeling, really, was because I knew I wasn't ready to act; I knew I didn't have enough life experience, and I knew that doing photo shoots was a way of acting. Playing a character each shoot and being able to just emerge yourself in these awkward experiences - it was amazing.
- Pretending
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.
- Someone
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a scholar, you don't want to repeat yourself, ever. You're supposed to say it once, publish it, and then it's published, and you don't say it again. If someone comes and gives a scholarly paper about something they've already published, that's just terrible. As a university president, you have to say the same thing over and over and over.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People make basic assumptions based on what they have now. But you have to ask yourself, 'Is this really what people are going to be doing in five years?' Very few people ask themselves what they would actually want instead if they could wave a magic wand.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to inspire people and show people no matter what happens, no matter how much you get knocked down, you can pick yourself up. Just keep pushing forward, keep being positive.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's hard to tell yourself to get ready when it's like, 'I need to make this freaking team first.'
- Nov 07, 2020
You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020