Quotes About Introspection

I get angry at myself for staying in relationships way too long.

If I am the best, I am capable of saying it, but if I find the others better, I am also capable of shutting up. And staying on the bench. Full stop.

It's kind've a cliche but I like when it's raining. I like the feeling of staying in and not being told I should be outside.

One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to get it out and look at it in an objective way, so that it doesn't cause me any serious pain by staying inside.

I've done enough for a while and people get fed up of seeing you, but apart from that, although I'm young, I need a bit of rest. You could say I have become a house husband. It's not a new man thing, it's just largely a boring man who doesn't mind staying in the house thing.

I am a committed observer. I like staying in the background and seeing what's going on.

I was an introvert really. I spent a lot of time in the crib reading books. Staying out of trouble.

I don't regret a single moment of staying away from the camera.

I learnt what I am not good at: listening, staying focused, turning up on time, following orders... I realised that I was going to have to pull off something special, something different.

But learning how to enjoy my own company - and picking up hobbies is really important as well in not being bored and staying sane. But it can be quite difficult to get to that point where you can sit and relax and enjoy your own company.

Even though I wear glasses, I'm not just a mousy person who stays in my room - even though I do sometimes stay in my room and read.

There used to be times when I used to be bothered about box office, director, producer, the actress... If those ticks were marked, I used to say 'yes' to a film. Later on, my focus absolutely changed. Now if a character stays with me for two to three nights, I say 'yes' to the film.

I was the biggest liar for no reason, and then as I got older, I thought, 'Why am I lying to everybody?' I would hear other people lie and be like, 'You sound so stupid.' So then I would just change my lies. The only person I lie to is my little sister, when I steal her clothes.

Normally, when I'm not performing or stealing, I second-guess myself; I have doubts.

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

It's difficult to talk to people... I walk into a room and I'm Danielle Steel, and whatever I say is going to be taken apart.

I am incredibly self-deprecating. It stems from self-doubt.

Many times, people who are self-involved or bullies, it stems from a place of hurt and insecurity within oneself.

Really, when you take a step back and you really know yourself, you're able to make better decisions.

It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.

I think sometimes people can get lost in the bigger special effects, science fiction, robot stuff, and those are cool and fun to watch, too, but I think it's so important to sometimes step back and watch something that's about life and human interaction.

That's why, to experience that, you know for a fact that a human being is capable of so much more, because to go to that place and to step outside yourself and observe yourself do these things, while the rest of the world is moving in slow motion, is really incredible.

Sometimes the only kind of innovation comes when you have some solitude; when you step away.

The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.