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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
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fame is a weird one. You need to distance yourself from it. People see a value in you that you don't see yourself.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fun part about doing voiceovers and all that stuff is that you're not yourself; you're some other looking thing and sounding thing and whatever else.
- Thinking
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- Nov 07, 2020
It certainly isn't like I'm reading scripts thinking I need to do something really different. But you want to stretch yourself and challenge yourself; that's really the major turnon when you're going into work.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think any job you do is an opportunity to learn and an opportunity to explore and challenge yourself.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really admire people who concern themselves more with how they perceive the world rather than how the world perceives them. I think, as an artist, it's very important to do that. You can limit yourself a lot if you spend too much time caring about what people think of you.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the hard parts about building a service that you use yourself is that it's easy to forget what it was like the very first time someone signs up. Every once in a while, I'll create a brand new account and give it a try and see how hard it is to find things that I really love, see if I'm using it or thinking about it differently.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
The energy in the banjo, and the beef in the bass. They're good tools to express yourself.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes those fears creep into the back of your head, but then you slap yourself and think, 'Oh, woe is me! People actually like me.' What a silly thing to worry about. This is a huge opportunity, and I'm excited.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can reveal yourself on stage in a way that you can't on TV. If you drop a character on TV, it's death. Each character has to be ruthlessly, faultlessly played. But live, you can hint at what's going on behind. You can let the audience in a bit and go off the script.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've all got to look at ourselves, start with yourself, that's all you can do. I believe that we can act responsibly as a group, it's just that there are vested interests telling us not to bother.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think giving yourself permission to be weird is amazing. After all what does it mean to be normal?
- Simple
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you audition for shows in Hollywood, you go in, you do your scene, maybe you get an adjustment. It's sort of easy, and a lot of times it just feels sort of rote and simple. Whereas when you go to New York and you audition for plays, you walk out sweaty and intimidated and nervous and doubting yourself as an actor.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
You learn so much about how far you can push yourself and what you can do. How an experience like Antarctica helps you, it boosts your confidence.
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- Nov 07, 2020