Being Quotes
On identity, openness and staying true to yourself.
This set of quotes explores what it means to simply be: holding onto a child's spontaneity, embracing honesty that feels inappropriate in creative work, or aging with flexibility instead of resistance. For more on self-belief, see our Able quotes.
Being a painter is the only profession where you have to stand there with all your shortcomings on the wall.
Being pregnant is the most natural thing our bodies can do. Our grandparents did it without all these books, and they came out okay.
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To be honest with you, I'm more of a girl's girl. I'm much more comfortable being around other girls.
It's not like I cleaned up with girls. I always looked young and I was very small; I hated being 'cute.'
Although just being employed as an actor is a big thing, I'm not sure I'd be satisfied playing the same character for 30 years; it's not why I want to do this for a living.
I'm always having ideas. I'd like to continue being able to realise the ideas I have.
If you're going to pretend to be somebody you're not - which is the whole point of being a rock star - then why not just invent fake characters and have them do it all for you?
It feels like being in a band is a luxury now: like you can only do it if you're signed really early or you come from a wealthy family.
Being in a band is not about reality - it's a bit of a fantasy. I can't go on stage as my ordinary self and just play - I've got to become my 'superhuman self.'
Photography is a big part of my life: taking photographs, being around photographers.
I obviously enjoy being wealthy. It's enabled me to have a career that I've chosen and not one that I've been forced into.
I wasn't planning on being a comedian; I just liked to laugh. Somebody said I should do it and that's how I started.
I used to dream of being normal. For me, if Kirk Douglas walked into the house, that was normal.
Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.
Being a working mom is not easy. You have to be willing to screw up at every level.
