Jane Lynch Quotes

I still see myself as young, the same guy I was before I ever won the Heisman. Hopefully my friends still feel I'm the same way. I just want people to know I'm still the same person I've always been.

I always thought it was wrong for me to take credit for the work that I did. I don't think that anymore.

Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up.

My success is not who I am.

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

And I, uh, I wonder how anybody can think his personality changes with his success. I've had quite a bit of success but I feel that I'm just the same person as I always was.

You're always concerned for your character. You should be.

Self-esteem, the kind that comes from finding the sweet spot between a healthy fondness for yourself and healthy self-skepticism, tends to get harder to come by the older we get.

I try to be conscious of others, put my best foot forward and show growth. I just try to be my best self - and I think that is the most important thing.

It's funny, a lot of people think I take myself seriously because I come off so serious sometimes. But it's not that I take myself seriously, I take what I do seriously.

I don't think I've become arrogant. I'm pretty much the same person. I think the world has changed. I think I'm pretty consistent. Because you stick to what you believe does not make you arrogant.

I take the work seriously, just not myself in it.

I was so much more insecure at 19. Thank God. It would be really cruel if there were a 19-year-old walking around with my confidence.

I've come to realize I'm a professional, no matter if I'm 38, no matter if I'm 19 or 20. I'm a professional.

One's character is reflected in their choices after all. I'm glad to have been making ones that make my heart soar.

I'm not trying to come back and change the perception of what people think about me. They can think what they want to, man.

However, people need to understand that it ain't that deep to try and convince people of what your persona is. You are who you are, and what you are will show in time. What you aren't can be hidden, but eventually it will come to light. Long story short: rappers should never take themselves too seriously.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

You grow and you change, or at least you think you do, but you're kind of the same.

Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment.

Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.

Intelligent, successful, attractive people can be intimidating. They force us to hold a mirror to ourselves; we can be disappointed, jealous or inspired toward personal growth.

Even though I'm over 35, I feel like so much more of a leading lady than I did when I was 30.

All work done mindfully rounds us out, helps complete us as persons.

In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred; it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect.