Quotes About Self-awareness

I am not a redhead, I'm a blonde.

I'm pretty sure I could've ended up on 'Real Housewives of Orange County.' They need a fair-skinned redhead.

I think I may have created a monster with my - I won't say act - but with my redneck pose.

The whole film is about people being convinced that they can reduce themselves to their archetypes.

We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power.

I love Russell Crowe's line to Oliver Reed in 'Gladiator' where he asks him, 'Are you in danger of becoming a good man?' It's one of my favorite lines ever.

I've made a point of not being, say what I refer to as a 'careerist' about anything.

My family, in a way, gives me a reference as to who I am as an individual, and my work gives me a reference as to who I am as a Homo sapiens. I think that's a very perfect match, in my view.

I didn't do well at school, and I don't have lots of academic reference points.

I'm the only emotional frame of reference I've got.

Somebody referred to me as a ringleader, which I wouldn't have classed myself as, but anyway, there you go.

People have referred to me as 'innocent', which makes me feel disingenuous.

I'm probably not going to develop to a final state as an artist. Like, become better and better, more and more refined. Become 'pure.' I don't think that's going to happen to me, because I don't really see that as something I want to explore.

At some point you've got to get to yourself and say, 'Wait a minute, I've been handed this legacy but I have to become accountable so I don't hand a lot of it on to my children.'

Who would marry me anyway? I'm a handful.

One of the ways we women often handicap ourselves is thinking that once we've made a decision or a commitment, we can't change.

I think I'm a better filmmaker than actor, so I already know that. That's OK. I can handle not being a famous actor.

I want someone who can handle me. And I'm not the easiest person to handle.

All of us from time to time look back and think we could've handled things differently or better.

I had to grow up, but I think I've grown up a lot. I think I'm handling myself well.

When I first came into the league, I didn't want the ball in my hands.

My hands aren't even that big.

You would not hang out with people that talk to you the way you talk to yourself. So get out of your head! Your feelings! Your feelings are screwing you! I don't care how you feel! I care about what you want! And if you listen to how you feel, when it comes to what you want - you will not get it. Because you will never feel like it.

Now I'm a blithering oaf hanging on to the coatsleeves of commerciality.