Myself Quotes
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Everyone can do a character the way they want to do it, unless the director tells them not to, which isn't very common. I like to do my characters, if it's not specific in the script, as myself.
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It's not the moment yet for me to enjoy my time as an actor, and as the time goes by, I feel that I need to push myself harder to pay back for all the good fortune that I have received.
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I once had dinner with Madonna and I wasn't nervous but within about a minute I found myself talking about underwear.
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Sure, I've listed myself as Cuban-American. That's my heritage and my background.
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I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.
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Sometimes I Google myself just to see what people are saying. But we all do that. If someone tells you that they don't, then they are lying.
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Out of nowhere, I became a fairly well-known director with a penchant for opera, which I did for 10 years. Then I realized I was taking myself out the theater channel, and so I re-focused on theater.
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I wouldn't ever give myself the label bisexual, but bi-curious, yeah.
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I was one of those weird children that just couldn't talk to people, so I kind of had to make myself be not like that because I knew it was going to hinder me.
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I try to be unafraid of making a fool of myself.
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I often feel like I have this spirit living inside of me, always dressing in like short mini skirts... but then I start to discover myself. So there are eight spirits, mischievous ones, sad ones, handsome ones, wise ones, and crazy ones.
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I've always loved the idea of changing myself, wearing costumes and disguises. It takes you back to being a kid, to dressing up.
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We all knew the book well because it's the cult book in Latin America. For me, this was a sacred territory. I would not have ventured into it by myself.
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I used to say things like, 'My name's not Al (Bundy), you know?' Not to the press, but to fans. 'My name is actually Ed.' I'd find myself saying that, and I'd think, 'Who do you think they think you are? They only know you from that!' And finally I just got...I don't know, I guess a switch went on for me, and I realized, 'This was the greatest job that you've ever had in your life. Why are you acting like an asshole?' So from that minute on, I kind of...well, I hate the word 'embraced,' but I just kind of went, 'Yeah, okay.' 'So you're Al, right?' 'Yep!'
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I'd like to consider myself a versatile skater and I like to skate to different kinds of music.
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I'm not a non-profit person. I think of myself as an entrepreneur who wants to work on global education.
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I have to start with elements of myself, which is what you always do as an actor.
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I don't think you can ease yourself into theater. I just thrust myself into it.
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Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.
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I considered myself very lucky after 'Baghdad Cafe,' and I have 'The Shield.' In every genre, I've kicked butt at some point. I'm real happy.
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I'm trying to be more organized, put together, and be more kind to myself. I'm really hard on myself and really just self-critical and always striving for this perfection which doesn't exist.
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I always considered myself being an organizer. I'm very good at teaching singers, I'm very good at staging a show, to entertain people. But I never included myself. I never applied this to me as an artist.
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I spent my whole life playing sports and training and pushing myself to the limits.
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When you are in the public eye, you have to protect yourself. There are so many people judging you. I just try to be myself.
