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.
Coach Morris wasn't too hard on me, not at all. Being drafted where I was at, there were high expectations for me. I still have high expectations for myself.
If things had gone according to my plans, I'd be a lawyer. I never dreamt of being an actress.
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The landscape is like being there with a powerful personality and I'm searching for just the right angles to make that portrait come across as meaningfully as possible.
When I lived in China, my works were already being banned, and I couldn't publish. In those days, when I was in China, I was writing for myself, so that's the process of writing for myself that was the most...
Well, it'd certainly be fascinating if we discovered that gays were better at being married than heterosexuals are. Talk about irony.
It's totally different now, traveling to different meets and different cities and actually being able to enjoy the cities I'm in.
One of the joys of being at St. George is you were operating under the radar screen a lot of the time, and you could actually get on with things a lot more quickly and easily.
In terms of being honored at the TNA Hall of Fame, I think that's something that every pro wrestler dreams about.
When I was bald, I went through a period where I seemed to do nothing except TV programmes about being bald.
One of the best parts of being a writer means that researching all kinds of cool stuff actually counts as work!
The best thing about being from Britain is that it's a melting pot of cultures, characters, and creativity. I couldn't imagine coming from anywhere else.
I've been hounded by a reputation of being difficult when really what I'm being is truthful and honest. And I think that's been a thorn in my side.
I don't want to be famous famous. I'm happy on the second tier, where I have autonomy on a professional level but I can still go out to the movies without being recognized.
I'm just riding this train as long as I can. As long as I'm having fun, I'll do it. When it stops being fun, I'll try something else. Maybe I'll open up a chain of Popeye's Chicken.
I think being on a set where people aren't being treated as equals, and with just a common level of decency and respect, is really uncomfortable.
I started missing acting when I was in school, and I realized after being in the business after however many years that I was really interested in film.
People ask me all the time, 'What is it like being on set for a show about trans people?' And this is a state of normalcy to me.
