Myself Quotes
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I don't care about making a fool of myself on stage anymore. I don't care what people think.
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I beat myself up the whole time because I'm striving for something I'll basically never achieve. I portray this image of confidence, of arrogance, and it's not really me. I'm never satisfied, and I'm never content. It means I'm a bit of a mess some of the time.
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As an actor, we always want people to write about us and talk about us. And when they are actually writing, then we say, 'Don't write about this.' I am an actor; I am a public property. I don't own myself; public owns me.
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The biggest risk I've ever taken is going on American Idol and trying to be myself. I wasn't going to try too hard to conform, and I knew that it could possibly not work out.
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I was the 'no one understands me' teenager. But I think truly I've realized now that I didn't understand a thing myself. So I just had some livin' to do.
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Well, I certainly wouldn't want to live in the 18th century myself, or the 19th either, for that matter.
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I'm very picky, and I'm never 100% happy with the work I do; I hate watching myself and hearing my voice.
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It is good to learn from the ancients. I'm a bit of an ancient myself. They had a lot of time to think about architecture and landscape.
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I do like to make things difficult for myself and my team, just from taking on a challenge, if you like.
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I grew up a really shy kid, but I always surrounded myself with a lot funny people. It depends on the day - if I feel like being quiet, I will be. I'm not a complete goofball, though.
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I learned early in my career, where you get so wrapped up and so excited, that all of a sudden you don't think. So I worked very hard to keep myself suppressed. And that's one of the reasons I wasn't gregarious with the gallery.
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I don't mind if somebody comes up to me and shakes my hand, but if I'm in the middle of a restaurant and somebody asks me for a picture, I can be a jerk and say no, or I can say yes and draw more attention to myself, which is exactly the opposite of what I want.
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I'd like to direct myself but I'm a cinephile and I also would like to just step behind the camera and be on the other end of making movies.
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I like to think of myself as an unmediated novelist - or perhaps a national novelist.
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I've always been really picky about roles and make a point of reminding myself that it's not about the money - because, obviously, there's a lot of money to be made in this business if you're willing to do anything.
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I was fortunate enough to model, but it was always work for me. It was a way to support myself and finance acting classes.
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In Van Halen there were moments, like in some of the ballads, I put my heart and soul into those records. Those lyrics when I sang 'em, I gave myself goosebumps.
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I don't like seeing myself on television. I don't like it.
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I take my work seriously, but I don't necessarily take myself seriously.
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What I loved about myself as a teenager is that I didn't know any better to be afraid or to be insecure.
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I put myself through college playing pool.
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I didn't ever plan to be a producer, and I didn't really know what I was getting myself into.
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I do myself up kind of like a doll. I have a doll collection and I look at their outfits and kind of imitate them.
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I just want to give the people 100% of myself as an artist.
