Quotes About Uniqueness

I think you have to be what you are. Don't try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.

Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.

I'm not trying to be different. To me, I'm just being myself.

I am not trying to give an image of a fairytale, perfect, everything else, I am just being myself.

I'm not somebody that's trying to be somebody else. I'm being myself for the most part and people respect that.

I'm just trying to be myself. I'm not trying to be anyone else.

I'm not trying to fit in with nobody. I'm just me.

In my movies, I'm not trying to erase any old image of myself, really. And also I'm not trying to imitate anyone or follow in their footsteps, because I know, Burt Reynolds was just one of the people that told me this, I know how you can only last in this business if you got something special to offer, just by being yourself.

If you're trying too hard to be the girl next door, you're not going to be.

I don't have an image that I'm trying to, like, portray. I'm just being me.

Sheryl Crow. I loved her 'Tuesday Night Music Club.' She expressed her own point of view, and she wasn't trying to be like anyone else, and I loved that. That's been the thinking of all my favorite artists.

The people who follow you should have a reason to do that. You shouldn't talk like everyone else. The stars and athletes drive the sports. People tune in to see so and so fight.

He's a layered person, so you have to tackle all the aspects of Tupac individually.

Tupac is definitely an icon. There'll never be another Tupac, so I'm not gonna ever, ever try to fill those shoes. I'm just gonna stay in my lane and be the best me that I can be.

I'm not Bill Gates. And I'm not Ted Turner.

One of the things that I've been trying to do with my characters, one of the things that does lead to me turning things down, is I don't really want to repeat myself.

We end the show with something that's never been on TV because it was too big for a sketch but we couldn't stretch it out to make a whole episode because it would have been too long, but we always thought it was really good.

Mark Twain created a new type of literature and not a lot of people can say that. Not a lot of people can say they're absolutely original and completely self-made.

When I started acting in my twenties, a director on the set of an action film shouted, 'Just do it like your dad would.' I couldn't. I can only do things as I'd do them.

Oh, never mind the fashion. When one has a style of one's own, it is always twenty times better.

Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice.

I don't think you can catch lightning in a bottle twice.

Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound.

It's very important to understand that we never do the same thing twice; each of our projects is unique. We'll never do another 'Gates.' Each project is a unique image. We do not know in advance how the work will look. I do preparatory drawings, but they are only projections of our vision.