Quotes About Self-representation

An actress projects herself exactly the way she wants to.

I've tried to stay true to myself this whole entire time, and I think I've represented myself as creatively as I could with what I got on the show.

I have a hard enough time speaking for myself - I don't pretend I can be a spokesman for anybody. I have no interest in playing that role.

So often, I think, in these relationship comedies, they don't necessarily reflect the people that I know. They don't reflect myself.

Once we wandered a free Earth, carrying a picture of our God or king to ensure safe passage. Now the world is gated, and we carry pictures of ourselves, and nobody's safe.

You want the world-class players playing at the World Cup, and you want them to do themselves justice.

Fashion is used as a tool to convey a point about who we are or potentially want to be. Whether or not a civilian curates his or her own aesthetic is up that person, but it is an integral part of one's public image.

I don't want to be known as the guy who always takes his shirt off... I've done a lot of photo shoots lately for the press coming up with 'Immortals' and 'Breaking Dawn,' and every photographer wants to get the topless shot. We've really had to be choosy and not do that for every magazine. I've actually been trying to keep my clothes on more.

Soviet citizens were masters of self-representation as the deserving poor; they regarded it as the state's obligation to provide them with food, clothing, and shelter.

The man who acts as his own lawyer has a fool for a client.

I do not represent any product or any collection.

I probably owe my political dismay to New Labour, but also my growing sense that the satirical shape of human affairs is international and historical, not glued to the tawdry ambitions of a team of politicians who represent nothing but themselves.

I don't leave the house without thinking of how to represent myself.

I am a woman. I go on set, and I'll be who I am, and I'll represent who I am. I think it comes with age.

I felt that pop music didn't represent me. And that's why I made my own.

The masks were more of a representation of what you wanted to present as yourself.

I just want the audience to see that the performances are a real representation of myself.

I am not a representative of anything. I have my opinions.

Some days, I do feel that pressure of, 'What do I mean as a black woman? What am I representing?' It honestly just gives me anxiety.

I started using this outlet of creativity - you know, going to the studio, writing, meeting these writers and producers - as the best form of representing myself to my fullest potential.

At the end of the day, me representing myself shouldn't be a big deal.

I think it's about creating a brand for yourself and making sure that you're known, and that people know you for who you are. How do you do something that represents you and translates everything that you represent as a person and as a player? I think that's something that we all develop.

I think it's somebody else's job to decide what my image is.

Growing up in my mother's Pueblo household, I never imagined a world in which I would be represented by someone who looked like me.