#elf

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#himself #hours #listen #man #talk

I really enjoy singing, it's entirely different to acting because I'm just being myself. ↗

— Michelle Dockery

#because #being #being myself #different #enjoy

I found my first novel difficult. I don't want to make it sound like it's any more difficult than driving a cab or going to any other job, but there are so many opportunities for self-doubt, that you just kind of need to soldier on. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#cab #difficult #driving #first #found

For me it was perfect, because it wasn't a very competitive environment, and it was a studio program. They basically send you off, and say, bring us some work, and we'll help you improve it. It really rewarded self-discipline. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#because #bring #competitive #environment #help

You can go down the list of great artists and kind of understand that they are products of their environment. Whether it's U2 or Henry Rollins or myself or Johnny Lydon, they're gonna be products of their environment. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#down #environment #go #gonna #great

I don't think of myself as a TV actor. I think of myself as a film, television and Off-Off-Off-Off Broadway actor. ↗

— David Duchovny

#broadway #film #i #i think #myself

I do see myself going to LA. Not anytime soon. ↗

— Lexa Doig

#going #i #i do #la #myself

Men with style are great because they have a sense of self. ↗

— Lexa Doig

#great #men #self #sense #style

But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner. ↗

— John Donne

#executioner #i #i am #i do #my own

And really, the basis, I think, of achieving some success in what I want to do today comes from my mother's push to get me to read and to make something of myself from the standpoint of an education. ↗

— Sam Donaldson

#basis #comes #education #get #i