Holly Hunter Quotes

I think I have enough of a sense to know what works for me and what doesn't, without going into some big thing and analyzing what I do. I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.

I'm trying not to put myself into anything I'm not 100 percent confident about.

My biggest challenge is trust, and really believing that trust, in letting things just happen personally and professionally and trust with myself. But I'm getting better at it.

It's good to say, 'Look, I can't always be right, but my gut tells me this' - and then you confirm with your gut.

I've learned that while I'd be a fool not to stay open to the advice and experiences of the smart, amazing people in my life, I also need to listen to what I have to say.

I depend a lot on my own judgment, for better or worse.

Quayle said the worst thing that happened to him was that he never trusted his own judgment. I said from now on I am going to go with my own judgment.

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.

There is something about boldness and fearlessness and being free enough to speak what is on one's mind that warrants freedom.

You always knows what's best for you.

I think, initially, working on your own is really great because it allows you to just be really free and not worry about how things are perceived or if people are going to think you're an idiot. And once that becomes ingrained, at least for me, I think I'll feel really comfortable to work with other people and still feel that same freedom.

I know what is best for me.

I think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that.

Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.

I am much more happy doing what I know I can do than what I am not sure I could do.

I hope that you will learn to take responsibility for your decisions. Don't take counsel of your fears.

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

I realize that I am typically vulnerable only when and where and how much it suits me. I can choose my writer words and even go back and edit.

I think that's important for all ages, to not be afraid of being an individual. I grew up on my own, as an only child, so early on I think I was quite capable of making decisions by myself and being an individual.

I'm just a human being that is in touch with myself. And I'm honest with myself. And I really, at the end of the day, don't care what people say. I never cared about what people say.

At one point, people are going to have to realize that maybe I know what I'm doing.

I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the headline: If you're insecure, don't call.

I think comedy I've learned is really just about relaxing and trusting yourself and allowing yourself to fail.

The world takes us at our own valuation. It believes in the man who believes in himself, but it has little use for the timid man: the one who is never certain of himself, who cannot rely on his own judgment, who craves advice from others, and is afraid to go ahead on his own account.

All I've ever needed is myself.