208 quotes found
“The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.”
“You learn to laugh at yourself, and you also lean on comedy as a crutch to kind of take the edge off because comedians often are self-deprecating, and they cross lines that they shouldn't. Stuff li...”
“Acting can be pretty challenging. I can't say making a romantic comedy is challenging, but to do anything well, you have to put yourself into it.”
“It kind of sounds pretentious, but a film I find deeply romantic is 'Buffalo '66,' which is a film by Vincent Gallo. It's about how you break down all those barriers and expose yourself and open yo...”
“Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.”
“It's strange. At some point in your career, the situation between yourself and the camera reverses. For a certain number of years, you court it and you need it, but ultimately, it needs you more, a...”
“I think you learn more about yourself in the context of a relationship than you can outside of it.”
“I think the worst part about a breakup sometimes, if one could choose a worst part, would possibly be if you get out of a relationship, and you don't recognize yourself because you changed a lot ab...”
“I think the hardest thing to do in a relationship is something for yourself.”
“In a relationship you have to open yourself up.”
“You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.”
“For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?”
“Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.”
“Poetry is really about your mental state or intellectual, and where you are, and you're trying to evoke that, explain it to yourself, whatever, you're trying to dig into it, analyse yourself.”
“For me, comedy starts as a spew, a kind of explosion, and then you sculpt it from there, if at all. It comes out of a deeper, darker side. Maybe it comes from anger, because I'm outraged by cruel a...”
“Vengeance is the act of turning anger in on yourself. On the surface it may be directed at someone else, but it is a surefire recipe for arresting emotional recovery.”
“Often, overeating is a way to punish yourself for the anger and resentment you're feeling - either at yourself or someone else.”
“When you're not sure your anger is justified, the thing to do is ask yourself exactly where it's coming from.”
“Number one, like yourself. Number two, you have to eat healthy. And number three, you've got to squeeze your buns. That's my formula.”
“Don't get hung up on the size. If you feel bad about yourself because a 12 is what fits, take a Sharpie, and write '6' on the label.”
