Quotes About Identity

I've spent so much of life thinking of my body as my enemy.

One never really knows who one's enemy is.

One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.

I went from being an ailing child to a public enemy.

Much of my work is engaged with 'America' - the idea of America.

We've not given any attention to the people in their 50s and 60s, who need attention, education and engagement, in terms of the society and in terms of their identity as human beings.

I went to Carnegie Mellon and was an electrical engineer, but electrical engineering wasn't right for me.

England will be home for me. It always has been and always will be.

They'll always be an England, even if it's in Hollywood.

I was a star in England, but I've never been a star in America. Now I am.

I left my country because I was forced to, and I do not think that I am going to lose my language because I live in England.

For a number of years in England nobody had any idea what I looked like.

I can't leave England.

In England, people don't like me.

Part of the reason for moving to New York was the sense that it just didn't matter how much work I did in England, I continued to be seen simply as a Redgrave. I did feel I could be who I am in New York and we all like to feel appreciated.

The only people who should play for England are English people.

I'm a proud Brit and a proud Englishman.

Any Englishman would be extremely proud to be the England manager.

If I go to England, they know I'm not an Englishman, but most Americans think I'm English.

I think just because you're a mom, it doesn't negate - if anything, you're probably more enhanced - that you're a woman trying to find your place in the world.

All makeovers should be about enhancing who you are.

I have never thought of my life as being an enigma.

I don't get that much enjoyment out of saying 'I own it.'

When I got to 40, I was happy. Now I can wear what I like, listen to what I like, don't have to try and be cool. I'm someone's dad and it doesn't matter any more. That's an enormous freedom.