Quotes About Self-reliance

I could never be a movie star and get up at 7:30 to be at someone else's studio.

All studio movies are the middle of the Bell curve. The only way to do something is to do it yourself. And the only way to do that is to not take any money from anyone or take as little money as possible from anyone and that's it.

I lived in a studio apartment until my mid-30s. I don't have an extravagant lifestyle.

I never really learnt from anyone. I just spent a lot of time at home, knocking things out. It has been interesting going into proper studios, working with people who know everything. But I find it doesn't hinder me.

There's no point in me meeting with a bunch of producers or studios, because I'll write my own scripts in my own time.

I made my own contacts and I recorded in different studios, and it was something that I did by myself without the assistance and help with my family at first.

My father taught me Basic and rudimentary C, I learned everything else on my own, including studying computational complexity on my own. That's more a function of my age than anything else though - back when I was in school there were hardly any programming classes.

As soon as I became proactive in producing my own stuff, I started getting other roles.

I will do anything, and I do almost everything myself. But when there is something extra heinous to do, I have a great stunt double, Eddie Davenport, and a great stunt coordinator, Jeff Wolfe.

I learned that I can earn many things if I don't use stunts and do everything myself.

I like to do my own stunts, but sometimes you need a little bit of help.

I don't care what people think. People are stupid.

You can't think about what other people think. You just can't. It's stupid. You've got to look inside yourself.

If I'm going to go out to be a solo artist, it's because I want to do something different without having to wait on someone else's schedule or hobbies or be limited by other people's prejudices. I'd be kind of stupid not to exercise that.

I hate pride, but if I were going to be proud of anything it would have to be something I'd done myself. Race pride is kind of stupid.

I'm afraid that eating in restaurants reflects one's experiences with movies, art galleries, novels, music - that is, characterized by mild amusement but with an overall feeling of stupidity and shame. Better to cook for yourself.

Everybody has to have his own style, his own game. Everybody has to be himself. I'm listening to nobody. I have my own mind, my own heart.

It's not my style to blame anybody else.

So many people think they need to have serious equipment. In the magazines and the media, they see all this stylish stuff, especially on TV, and they think, That's what I need to make it work. You don't. I'm attempting a little bit of liberation here.

I don't use a stylist. I know what I like, so I do it myself. I rip things out from fashion magazines. It's easy to order when the phone number is right on the page.

I don't have a make-up artist and I don't need a stylist.

I think I became my own stylist by not knowing any better.

I never hire a stylist.

I always wanted to be a makeup artist. When I don't get to have my stylist, I do my own makeup!