Quotes About Self-awareness

That was never on my radar, traffic stopping. It was never important to me.

If I complain about a traffic jam, I have no one to blame but myself.

When you're in the public eye, we all feel like we're constantly observed, so we don't let things out. Anger, sadness, happiness - when does that come out? Maybe when you're in traffic, because you're in the safety of your little metallic bubble.

It's important to talk about loving yourself and looking at your tragedies and the stuff that makes you grow.

The greatest tragedy for any human being is going through their entire lives believing the only perspective that matters is their own.

The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much thinking, that it becomes dry and empty.

I was mad until I was about 25. Completely out of control with my emotions. Everything that happened to me was a tragedy. I've been much happier over 25.

I'm not clever enough to write. It's as basic and tragic as that.

People don't think of me as Glenn Kelman; they think of me as the real estate guy. If I wasn't interested in real estate, that would be pretty tragic, wouldn't it?

The characters I've played that I like the most are people that have a lot of obstacles. They have a lot of bad things going on. They're seeking to do something good amidst all the detritus around them, and they're aware of how badly they've screwed it up. That kind of self-awareness is tragic.

I think anyone who lays a long trail of creative work over the years can't help but look back and wonder, 'What was I thinking?'

I spend a lot of money on the little things that make me happy, like 3 falafels from M&S to eat on the train on the way up to Edinburgh, but I do keep a close eye on the bigger picture. I don't flash the cash ridiculously on expensive things.

I would advise anyone seriously interested in acting to study, train, and work as much as possible... You will know soon enough if it's the right avenue for you.

I've trained myself to illuminate the things in my personality that are likable and to hide and protect the things that are less likeable.

I would hardly call myself an artist in that sense; I doodle, I draw, I'm not a trained artist, I couldn't sit down and do an accurate portrait of anyone.

Obviously, I'm not a trained actress, and right now I'll come out and say I'm glad I'm not.

The biggest battle for a lot of people who come out of the theater, which is where I was trained, is that they can never forget that a camera is pointed at them.

I'm not a trained singer at all. I've auditioned on occasion for proper musical theatre-type stuff, but I can't read music, and I wasn't particularly good at it.

I'm not a trained dancer - I know, I know, you're shocked, I'm sure.

You need to know your mistakes, as well as your opponent's mistakes. So you need to make sure the trainer is paying significant importance to you and your fighter, and every detail of it.

I have kept a training diary to record my training plans and my feelings and emotions for a long time.

When I was in Stephen Poliakoff's 'Playing With Trains,' someone wrote that I was 'moon-faced'. That taught me not to read my reviews.

One trait of addictive families is that we never recognize our own addictions.

I am man enough to be able to admit my own mistakes. I think that is an important trait to have.