- 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
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am increasingly attracted to restricting possibility in the poem by inflicting a form upon yourself. Once you impose some formal pattern on yourself, then the poem is pushing back. I think good poems are often the result of that kind of wrestling with the form.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
That was a real learning element for me, because I realized that the more true you are to yourself, the more you will lose people.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm constantly embarrassed at the level of attention actors get and the level of money that we get. It's completely disproportionate. I think you have to feel guilty about it. I think it makes you a better person to keep reminding yourself.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try not to kid myself. You know, I don't mind romancing someone else, but to fool yourself is pretty devastating and dangerous.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of what making art is, is just being open, and empty. And putting yourself in the right place for things to, literally, come together.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything: the better you are with your loved ones, the better you are with your enemies, the better you are at your job, the better you are with yourself.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
You ask yourself, 'What do you want your legacy to be?' I'm content at this point to say, 'Those who follow me.' Romeo Crennel, Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, to name a few. I think I've got a pretty good group, so far.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
To the new 'Apprentice' candidates I would say to follow your gut instincts, be yourself and get ready to work hard for the next few months. Oh, and try to have some fun!
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, in the beginning when your first payroll comes up and you have to borrow money to meet the payroll, you lose sleep the night before, and you say to yourself real fast, 'Well, maybe I should keep working a couple more years. It's sobering.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020