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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

Only
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Nov 07, 2020

In Ministry, we've only had one message: Think for yourself.

Quotes by Al Jourgensen

Possible
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Nov 07, 2020

The method of producing comics in Japan is very hectic, but it's also rewarding because it's possible to do both the story and art all by yourself.

Quotes by Akira Toriyama

Nov 07, 2020

Rather than deliberately trying to draw something, use something you yourself like and want to draw, and I think the characters that come out of that will really have their own individuality.

Quotes by Akira Toriyama

Nov 07, 2020

I always try to give my own albums space in between so I have time to create a new sound and give time for people to miss me. You have to come out fresh and reinvent yourself.

Quotes by Akon

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

For me, there's a fine line between telling a story that's fictional with lots of details and then removing yourself too much from it, so it's bloodless, a little too fictional.

Quotes by Aimee Mann

Nov 07, 2020

Every now and then, you'll get one of those days when you're feeling rubbish or when you have to pretty much drag yourself out of bed to get to training. But then you'll see the Olympic pool, and all the excitement and adrenaline will come rushing back.

Quotes by Aimee Willmott

Looking
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Nov 07, 2020

Don't be afraid to look silly. You are only holding yourself back if you are afraid of looking silly or failing.

Quotes by Aisling Bea

Nov 07, 2020

I know that the harder you work, the more you learn, the more connections you make. You've just got to be prepared to keep putting yourself out there. You have to make it happen.

Quotes by Aisling Bea

Compromising
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Nov 07, 2020

I want people to know where I come from. I think I have come really far from that, and I did it on my own. It's sort of the American dream to come from absolutely nothing and to succeed while still doing something that you love. Not compromising yourself in any way. I hope I'm making Jersey proud in that way.

Quotes by AJ Lee

Great
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Nov 07, 2020

Surrounding yourself with a great team that is really discerning and not pushing or rushing into a certain direction that doesn't seem like a progressive flow is really important.

Quotes by AJ Michalka

Better Understanding
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Nov 07, 2020

Create something for yourself that you feel proud of, that you are in control of, that gives you a better understanding of the type of artist you want to be.

Quotes by Aja Naomi King

Nov 07, 2020

In this day and age, when there are so many people creating work online and writing their own shows, I wouldn't tell another actor, 'If you can do anything else go do that.' I would tell them to figure out the story they want to tell, to figure out what artists inspire you and why, and then figure out a way you can create that for yourself.

Quotes by Aja Naomi King

Person
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Nov 07, 2020

It is important to make your own stuff. Even if you are not an actor, it is important to not stop involving yourself as a creative person.

Quotes by Ajay Naidu

Social Media
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Nov 07, 2020

Mostly for social media, Twitter or Instagram becomes so much more fun when you can be boastful and say whatever you want. You can be so full of yourself and ridiculous when you're a heel.

Nov 07, 2020

Back when Napster first came along, I started telling everybody Napster was like shooting yourself in the foot because you're stealing music. The record companies don't pay for us to make records - the bands do.

You
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Nov 07, 2020

Everyone has egos, and you want to come out on top. You have to pick yourself up and go at it again.

Police
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Nov 07, 2020

If a sanctuary city means that our police department does not enforce federal immigration laws, then we are one. But declaring yourself a 'sanctuary city' also signals to a lot of people that you are protecting hard-core criminals, which I don't, and I don't believe in.

Nov 07, 2020

Who wants to go to a team that doesn't play players when they are young? You can't see yourself playing for that team.

Grinding
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Nov 07, 2020

That year of modeling, I grew up a lot - I was alone in New York and just grinding and making it work, and I feel it kind of prepared me for the responsibilities of being an actor alone in L.A. and taking care of yourself.

Nov 07, 2020

Oh, those golden-yellow eyes of the wolf! You can feel yourself being pulled in. I knew I had been accepted - and that I had spoken to another species.

Several entries also touch on craft and responsibility: resisting self-judgment while performing, and the idea that parenting duties can't be handed off to entertainers. Continue with Best quotes or Good quotes for related themes.

Yourself Quotes

The hardest audience is yourself.

Several entries also touch on craft and responsibility: resisting self-judgment while performing, and the idea that parenting duties can't be handed off to entertainers. Continue with Best quotes or Good quotes for related themes.

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