Quotes About Self-awareness

We learn our sexual preferences and orientations.

Pregnancy is a time for women to feel more connected with their bodies, and yet often the opposite occurs.

When I got pregnant my foot grew, but I was denying it. I've been denying it for three years.

There are a lot of people who like to think they don't have prejudices and that they're open people, and yet, we all have that in ourselves, oftentimes against people of our own race or our own gender or whatever.

What people think is their individual nature is just a bundle of thoughts, emotions, ideas, opinions, and prejudices. The world can do without this individuality.

I'll be the first one to admit that if I have conclusions based on faulty premises, then let me know about that, and I'll be the first one to change it.

I do think there's a preoccupation that women understandably have with this idea of the roles we're meant to play and whether or not those roles serve us or ultimately kind of imprison us.

Through process and preparation and going through all of the interviews, I've learned a lot about myself and my skills.

If you have a sense of your place in the world, that's the best preparation for anything.

Preparation is really important for actors; they need to know who they are, where they're from, and the experiences up to the point that we make the film.

I don't think running for office is anything I'm prepared for or could even prepare myself for.

You have to accept that when you don't get the part, it's to do with all sorts of reasons completely beyond your control, unless you know it's because you weren't prepared.

You are never really prepared for criticism.

I don't think I necessarily am prepared to write about anybody else's life but mine.

I have had people telling me that they liked my screen presence and my voice, so I guess that's my strength.

Just trying to keep going. Just try to stay in the present the best I can. Not get too big-headed or too down on myself.

I'm competitive with myself, and that goes hand in hand with how I present myself. I'm not only trying to put one foot in front of the other, I'm trying to put my best foot forward.

When I was 18, 19, I was presented as the 'aw shucks' Nebraska kid who's coming up with a big serve, and then I flipped out a couple of times, and then I was ueber-brat, when I feel like there's parts of both, but I don't think I am either one, if that makes sense.

Actors sometimes immerse themselves into it so deeply that the line between who they are and their character can become blurred. For me, I think it's just about getting clearer on my whole life and who I am in order to make it possible for me to play whatever character is presented to me at a particular time.

I never set out to be an actor. Again, my mother presented this job by job to me at the time, and if it sounded fun, I would say yes and if it didn't, I would say no. I always knew, since I was 7 or 8 years old, that it was a means to an end and that I wanted to go to college.

Examining your behavior on social media could give you insight into your own personality as well as how others perceive you. You may think you're presenting yourself in a certain light, only to discover other people view your behavior completely different.

In the presenting area, there's nothing that really sets me apart from anyone else. It's something I enjoy but I was never going to set the world on fire.

I have learnt my boundaries and what I need to do to preserve my energy and not give out too much of myself every night.

I've worked with some people and they turn, they become that image on TV and they're lost in it, lost in who they are. It scares me. I want to stay me, preserve my soul.