Myself Quotes
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I don't have the looks to compete at a bar, and I'm not that funny. So the last thing I want is to be in a situation where that's what I'm competing on. I'd rather be on OkCupid or Match, where I can write a 300-word essay about myself that's really good.
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I learned more about myself by being an RN than anything else I've ever done.
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I don't really have an aversion to watching myself. I think I've been doing it for long enough that I have a system of separating it in my brain from my egotistical neuroses for the most part.
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I myself got married at a very young age. It has always intrigued me because marriage is very synthetic in an otherwise natural world.
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You get tough when you grow up unloved. People described me as a boyish girl - rather shy, but I didn't show it. I had an attitude. I was rather wild. I lied a lot because I knew the alternative was to be punished. As I got older I realised I didn't have to lie any more and it was a nice feeling. I could be myself.
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After I resigned, I could eventually speak for myself, but when it first happened, I was in complete shock, and it took a long time for me to overcome it.
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I'm an optimist about other people. I'm not an optimist about myself.
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I have laughter dates with myself, where I find comics on YouTube and watch them. Louis C.K. was my first laughter date a couple years ago. I'll also watch those videos of people doing idiotic things. That cracks me up.
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Beijing was a huge slap in the face, and it forced me to look at myself. I have to realise that this is my life.
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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I am not here to beat anyone. I am here to make a name for myself, and I am glad to work with great directors. I don't believe in the term 'next superstar.'
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I want all my films to look distinctly different, like some other directors I admire. But in a way, I can't really take myself completely out of the movies I make.
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Even now I doubt myself. I don't understand what people hear in my voice. I can't hear it myself, if you know what I mean.
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I go to Buzzfeed and 'Huff Po,' IMDB, 'Deadline.' And then I just Google myself, like 'Aasif Mandvi in a hat,' and see what comes up.
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People ask if I walk around and pinch myself. Yes, I do.
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I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.
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I started calling myself the Pied Piper, when I started using the flute sound in my music.
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My first instrument was my voice. I was always singing and writing melodies when I was a little kid. I just sort of taught myself whatever was around. If there were instruments around, I'd play them. I always liked the idea of not being shown but coming up with my own energetic connection to the instrument.
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I've always been a person who's been true to myself and true to others, and I'm not afraid to be honest.
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If there are negative people around me, I just try to distance myself from that.
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I used to keep injuries to myself. It would just make it worse and worse. Now I'm having none of that.
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I don't consider myself a competition to anyone. There is ample space for everyone here. When there are directors who create characters for me, why should I feel bothered or insecure? When it comes to updating myself, I work very hard to relate to the emotions of characters I play.
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I want to make sure that people know that I can only be myself - I can't be a spokesperson for people with disabilities, because everybody has a completely different experience. I'm glad that I'm able to inspire parents to see one way to deal with it, but at the same time, I tell a lot of dirty jokes.
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There is no god, so how can I consider myself a god? God is the greatest lie invented by man.
