Myself Quotes
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As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on myself. It just motivates me to be more prepared, focus and disciplined. That's why I care so much about doing black films and making sure that we represent and are represented correctly.
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I try to cancel out every possibility of losing the fight, and this runs through my head all day long. I'm seeing myself become smashed in the face, cut, or being submitted or being knocked out in so many different ways all day long.
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I hate committing myself to anything. It's probably the lack of discipline, honestly. I'm probably a spoiled brat worried about getting my way every time.
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Truth be told, actually, my favorite director of the Movie Brats was not Scorsese. Loved him. But my favorite director of the Movie Brats was Brian de Palma. I actually met De Palma right after I'd done 'Reservoir Dogs,' and I was very beside myself.
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There is no privacy in our culture anymore, so I have to try and carve that out for myself, but I'm OK with it.
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I said to myself, 'I've waited a long time in my life to have a child, and I'm missing it, I want to continue to have a career, but not this way.'
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I put it to you that there are no British poets, there are no British novelists. I have heard myself described as one, but I think really I'm an English novelist; there are Scottish poets and Scottish novelists.
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I don't need a piece of paper to suggest that I can commit myself.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.
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I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself.
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There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he plays for the long ball too much.' You bet I do. Hit 'em out. Then I got no worry about somebody lousing up a bunt, I got no worry about the hit and run - and that's really overrated - I got no worry about base-running errors. And I can't screw it up myself.
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I have never regarded myself as a hero, but Tenzing undoubtedly was.
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I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director.
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I used to believe that people are only born once, but now I feel I have been reborn, like I was given a new life. I see myself as a child, full of energy and hope.
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The biggest competition is myself. I am not looking to follow others or pull them down. I'm planning to test my own boundaries.
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I'm not really worried about what Anthony Johnson does. I have to worry about what I do to prepare myself.
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I'm shy, and I can hide behind my acting and discover the truth about myself because it's cathartic in that way. But I tend not to read reviews.
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People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.
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I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.
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I'm a writer; I'm a producer. I've certainly spread myself over a lot of different careers.
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I did not stop dancing; I did take two years off to get myself together.
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I had so much fun doing Django, and I love westerns so much that after I taught myself how to make one, it's like, 'OK, now let me make another one now that I know what I'm doing.'
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It's really odd that I've got this kind of sullen reputation - I never saw myself that way.
