Quotes About Identity

Ice Cube is the piece of me that I give away to the public.

My life - it's a piece of work. And my work is a piece of life.

Being an artist is dragging your innermost feelings out, giving a piece of yourself, no matter in which art form, in which medium.

Is that what I've become, a piece of meat?

No matter where I've been or where I go, a piece of Missouri is always with me because this is where I'm from and where I grew up.

As an actor, you always want to find a piece of who you are in every role you take on.

If I had to give one piece of advice to incoming college freshmen, I'd say always be true to yourself.

When you really are country, and you don't just wear it like a piece of clothing or something, you really can't get away from it. It just is who you are.

For a country is not merely a piece of earth; it is, above all, a compendium of social, cultural, and historical factors which begin to acquire sense and order through the process of writing.

I don't believe there is any character that one can play for that long and not bring a piece of you to it.

People became more interested in my love life than in me, and that has a certain effect. You start to feel very empty and worth nothing, you start to become a piece in a board game you never wanted to play.

You've got to show your soul otherwise you're just a piece of equipment.

Before I was a cosplayer, I was a fan artist. I would draw my favorite characters and sell the pieces at art auctions. But once I discovered cosplay, it was like, 'I don't have to draw my favorite characters, I can become my favorite characters.'

Sometimes I've gotten photographs back and people have literally shaven off pieces of me, and I tell them to put it back.

Hair pieces and head dresses have always been something that's been part of my culture.

I see bits and pieces of me in all the characters in my films.

The best thing about being a cartoonist is to walk into a bar or someone's apartment and they don't know you, but they've taped one of your pieces up.

Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role.

Well, I think that in every character there are little bits and pieces of yourself.

At the beginning of 'The Hills,' I couldn't watch myself because I'm very critical and would pick myself to pieces. But with movies I feel like it's different because you're playing a character. So it's like watching yourself but not watching yourself.

I think there's always pieces of yourself that bleed into your character. That's inevitable.

There are bits and pieces of me probably in every one of my 35 or so books.

I kind of have to take pieces of myself to fit what it is that radio wants.

If we're deciding about merch pieces, t-shirts or hats, they have to be well designed and cool enough for somebody to want to buy it and then wear it and walk around advertising me and my music.