#yourself

That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself. ↗

— Naomi Watts

#dress #express #getting #house #how

When you're a working actor and you're happy to be one, you can't focus all your energy on acting because you will go crazy. You have to focus as much energy as you can away from yourself. ↗

— Olivia Wilde

#actor #away #because #crazy #energy

But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our personal destinies are largely decided. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#catch #certain #decided #destinies #entertaining

When you're around kids you can be a little kid yourself and pretend that life is magic and you don't have to be one of those sweaty people going to work every day. ↗

— Amy Winehouse

#day #every #every day #going #kid

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#go #know #let go #moment #only

I'm not the sexiest thing in the world, I feel actors who have to 'play' sexy lose all their sex appeal. When they start with the tongue and the heavy lids, it looks so ridiculous. I think you just have to be yourself. ↗

— Stephanie Zimbalist

#be yourself #feel #heavy #i #i feel

You don't have to take yourself so seriously all the time. ↗

— Evan Rachel Wood

#take #time #you #yourself

You don't go to a comedy and try to laugh. You laugh in spite of yourself. You don't just come on stage and cry. Something has pushed you to cry. ↗

— Penelope Wilton

#comedy #cry #go #just #laugh

When you are your own best friend, you don’t endlessly seek out relationships, friendships, and validation from the wrong sources because you realize that the only approval and validation you need is your own. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#confidence #friendships #liking-yourself #love-yourself-first #loving-yourself

There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#funny #inspiring #funny