Photography used to be not for the faint of heart. Its rigors would weed out the not-so-committed pretty quickly. You had to crank the f-stop ring yourself!
When people start hurling insults at you, you know their minds are closed and there's no point in debating. You disengage yourself as quickly as possible from the situation.
pretending to be good might be the same with pretending to be right, its just you are selfish on your own because you think only for yourself..
There's always a personal satisfaction in writing a song by yourself. You get the inspiration, and see it through, and you're done. It's focused and very personal.
I find the roller-coaster ride of auditioning most challenging. It's always about putting yourself out there, being rejected, and then getting back out there and trying again.
I don't have to live the lives of my characters to write about them. It's about really putting yourself in their shoes.
I view my strongest competition as myself. You're always trying to top yourself, rather than worrying about what other people are doing.
It's nice when you're working in Hollywood and there's a movie you'd like to see that no one is making anymore. You make it yourself.
let yourself cry, OK? One of the worst feelings in the world is being unable to cry and eventually it…starts to make things darker.
Take naps. Often new ideas come together when you are half asleep, but you have to train yourself to remember them.
When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there.
You are not your illness. You have an individual story to tell. You have a name, a history, a personality. Staying yourself is part of the battle.
Most period drama is so earnest. A lot of it is about making yourself take seriously things you wouldn't normally.
What's exciting about watching a movie, when it's finished, is you sometimes you don't recognize yourself, and that's when I'm really proud.
There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.
You come to a point where you give up on holding yourself to a perfect feminist ideal - it just feels stifling.
I'm more insecure than I ever let anyone know; sometimes you protect yourself with this kind of armor that people see more than they see you.
Whenever you're writing something that's reflective, you have to put yourself through some sort of ordeal just to understand the way you're feeling.
I had a slight touch of Tourette's, which means you talk to yourself and bark and cry out at night. I find myself talking to myself sometimes.
When you are nearer, you will understand how much your eyesight is deceived by distance. Therefore, push yourself a little harder.
The chances of finding out what’s really going on in the universe are so remote, the only thing to do is hang the sense of it and keep yourself occupied.
