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.
My main motivation for staying in the spotlight at all is, I don't want to just be known for being involved in 'Playboy,' or having been Hugh Hefner's girlfriend - I hate that. I like to show I can do...
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Everyone gives 'Picket Fences' credit for being so willing to delve into issues that now would be no big deal. But it was then. It was ahead of its time.
It is essential that men start being interested in and excited by how women think.
Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt.
I just want to do something risque for my debut, purely because I didn't want to make an entrance being the pretty, sweet type that I've been seen as for the last 3 years.
I grew out of the habit of thinking or worrying about being seen as the typical Asian. I don't even know what that means anymore. I'm not really concerned with it.
Growing up the way I did, being an actor in Hollywood was definitely never a plausible career choice at all.
With 'Downsizing,' a lot of the discussion hasn't been about the film itself, but about cultural and political conversations happening outside of it. It's being digested in the context of the time.
I don't like being watched, and I don't like being told what to do, so acting is a very poor professional choice.
The study of celestial phenomena at radio wavelengths, radio astronomy came into being after the accidental discovery of cosmic radiation by radio engineer Karl Jansky in 1933.
As actors, sometimes we want our character to go somewhere different than it goes, but that's being an actor.
It's always really surreal, being on a film set, but inside a beautiful, massive scene.
When I was younger, I was always being told I had a period face, but 'Bel Ami' was my first shot at it.
As much as I'd love to be a successful actor, the thought of being recognised in the street is petrifying.
To me, being creative is a very fragile thing. The environment in which one can create is a very particular one, and somehow, I've always felt the need to be very protective of that.
I'm an immigrant, and I think being an outsider in your home is something that I really relate to.
