Matt Sydal Quotes

I never wanted to be like anyone growing up. It's always been about the enjoyment, and I've just never wanted to imitate anyone.

I have my own thing going on; I don't want to imitate anyone else.

What I particularly liked was that, coming from California and not being involved in the New York scene, I developed my personal way, in my own way, at my own pace.

You just get out there and be what you want to be. That's part of evolving and part of staying true to yourself - part of remaining alive in a real authentic, long-term sense creatively: not listening to what other people tell you to be.

I don't think I constantly have to be on a promotional spree or be seen in the newspapers every day or even be part of social parties and film gangs. I'm having my own set of journey, and I am happy with it because I don't want to be like everybody.

I don't want to be like anyone else or do what someone else did. I want to be like me and do what's best for me. I can't go do stuff Cardi B did - that may not work for me.

I've always wanted to be my own person. Even when I was 'Noah who rode horses,' I wanted to be Noah Cyrus, not anyone else or a family member.

I always felt like an outsider of the industry, and now I feel quite comfortable as an independent artist.

I am very much my own person and my own artist.

In the era we came up in, you had to have your own thing.

I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people.

I'm certainly not who people think I am. I always do whatever I want to do, and my films are personal to me.

I've learnt that I've had the best results from just trying to be me, trying to make a movie or TV show I want to see or write a script I want to read, and that's really all I can offer - being authentic.

Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.

I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would do it and not the way anyone else would do it. If you're a strong enough writer, then that voice is going to come out all the time, and I can't stop it from coming out, no matter what I do.

You need to be your own individual.

I try to please myself. I don't try to anticipate what people want to see.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

What I'd like to get across is try your best to be yourself. I realize there are those who are much further along than you are; there are stars, but learn to be who you are and to play yourself. Be confident in that fact.

Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.

People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you're lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life.

I pattern my actions and life after what I want. No two people are alike. You might admire attributes in others, but use these only as a guide in improving yourself in your own unique way. I don't go for carbon copies. Individualism is sacred!

Rock is all about writing your own script; it's all about pioneering.

No, because I don't want to hear what's hot and feel I have to copy it. I'll just make up my own thing.