Myself Quotes
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I've always wanted to be someone with credibility, and I want my food to speak for myself.
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While many comics have a secret persona, I fundamentally want to be myself.
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I don't know what my label is. I just think of myself as a plain forward. I like to think I have some finesse to my game, but inside the paint is where men are made. If you can't play there, you should be home with your mama.
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I am constantly thinking ahead to what I want to write about in the future, and when I'm done with one project, I give myself a little time and then start the next one.
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It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do something for myself.
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I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
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I've never experienced chronic pain myself, but I have known many people over the years who have.
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I don't go long without eating. I never starve myself: I grab a healthy snack.
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I consider myself a blue-collar actor, just chugging away.
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My job is to create myself a career that I can go to sleep satisfied with what I'm doing.
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I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.
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My dream as an actor growing up was always to challenge myself to different genres, different roles, and it's actually rare that an actor's given that opportunity to do that.
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Being gay myself, I'm naturally drawn to the interactions between men rather than men and women.
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I never considered myself a fall guy. I know what I did. I know why I did it. I'm not ashamed of it.
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'The Lion' all began with a picture of a faun carrying an umbrella and parcels in a snowy wood. This picture had been in my mind since I was about sixteen. Then one day, when I was about forty, I said to myself, 'Let's try to make a story about it.'
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I've also learned to no longer feel guilty if I'm invited out and don't want to go. If I start to say to myself, 'What's wrong with you that you're staying in five nights in a row to watch 'Forensic Files' instead of going out with your friends' I remind myself that it's what I need to do for myself at that point.
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I can never sit still. I wanna hurl myself into life.
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I'm really a big fan of HBO and Showtime shows, so I wouldn't mind being on an edgy show... where I could challenge myself to do gritty stuff - a homeless guy or just some guy with a lot going on who's got problems. It's more fun to do as an actor.
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Once I actually get in the studio and I start working, I'm fine, but it's just getting there and these hours of torment with myself and self doubt, thinking 'I'm useless' and 'Who am I, conning myself into thinking I can do it again.'
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It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.
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Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career, and music just really allowed me to find another way to express myself. I started playing bass in November 1996, and by June 1998 I was doing my first live show.
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I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon as I see the targets, I tune them out.
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I still consider myself a working-class girl and would send my kids to public school.
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I base myself in African-derived music. Blues is one of the modern forms of African music.
