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.
I think that I need to work on being comfortable at being normal, everyday-ish on camera. Unlike a lot of actors, I think that's the thing that I'm not so comfortable with.
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I come from one of these hideous backgrounds where being sincere is like - ugh, you might as well kill yourself.
I think that I need to work on being comfortable at being normal, everyday-ish on camera.
I chose a career in the kitchen because the thought of sitting and doing the same thing every day and being stationary was not something that I could get my head around.
I worked in a bunch of really tough kitchens, but when I got yelled at and screamed at, it wasn't really for being a woman. It was just for making a bonehead mistake.
I'm kind of resistant to being told no, not being wanted. It fills me with energy.
I'm terrified of dying because of everything being too unfinished. I would be happy being a ghost.
I've always been obsessed with being on stage and putting shows together.
I've experienced being properly lost in my desires, and it's really influenced my writing.
I'm not a pop star. I don't feel like one. I'm always joking that I'm actually an eight-year-old boy dreaming about being a pop star.
Music is contagious and everywhere and democratic, and that's what drew me in. I was interested in acting and being a director, but one of the things that bored me about theatre was that it was not accessible to everyone.
There's a Zen to acting, by being in the moment. That's where the power is.
I have an organic garden and love being able to say, 'I'm going to see what I can pick to throw in my salad.'
Being a CEO still means sitting across the table from big institutional investors and showing your leadership and having them believe in you.
Honestly, in retrospect, it probably was a little easier being an adolescent and not having people immediately know that Hef was my dad.
Women would all be better off if we realized we didn't have to choose between being an intelligent being and a sexual being.
