Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
I know a lot of people think, 'She's so glamorous.' But that's really not me at all.
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I really can't stand not to be loved. I really can't. If I walk into a room and feel there are people who don't really like me, I have to leave.
After all these years in the business, I really feel that actors are used. People treat actors worse than they treat children. It's always, 'Do me a favor,' it's always, 'Help me out,' it's always, 'You carry the load,' and...
I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic.
I want to sit down, and I want to laugh. Nothing works better for me than watching somebody slip on a banana peel.
To me, there's no greater reward than being around people you care about and can be present with.
When I was 12, all I wanted was to be good at school, and to do something admirable, something you can't take away from me because I'm not popular or beautiful enough.
For me, I don't even like to promote my films but I have to because it's in the fine print of my contract.
My roles are in some way like children to me. You don't ever really want to scrape one off your shoe.
I rehearsed 50. I kind of stared at it a long time. I wasn't going to let it terrify me.
I'm done saying 'I'm sorry I wasn't who you needed or wanted me to be' to everybody in my life.
Imagine if somebody said your nose is too big or your ears stick out. For me, it was my neck was too short. It stuck with me all my life.
Some people fascinate me. They really worship at the altar of their careers, you know? And it's terrifying. It's sort of like setting a table and waiting for someone to come along and whoosh - push all the plates onto...
The stage always terrified me. The live audience is just one thing I bewilderingly look back on and say, 'How did I ever participate in that?'
Things hurt me just as much as anyone else. My insecurities, failures. I'm vulnerable to comparisons.
I want to play oddballs. I want to play weirdos. There's not enough weird. Everything just seems a bit mainstream to me, and I long for anything that's a bit unusual.
I've always wanted to make people laugh. It's been my only ambition, ever since my dad introduced me to the genius of the great comedians: Tony Hancock, Woody Allen, people like that.
I told the caterer I'd work for nothing if he'd teach me about catering. I lasted one week full-time. It was exhausting.
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Others touch on early body-image pressures absorbed from family members, showing the personal cost of comparison at a young age. See also I Am Quotes and Like Quotes for related first-person perspectives.
