Sobhita Dhulipala Quotes

You can't intellectually purge yourself of who you are. Whatever that is, it's going to come out in the wash, the film wash. What you are is going to be relevant, if not to yourself, to the movies you make.

I don't feel I have to be Jackson Browne. Still, I like to say something.

My work is trying to at least define myself on my own terms, and then if other people enjoy things that's a lovely addition.

I've failed a million times on stage. I've listened to notes that I knew weren't right. I've pitched ideas and let other people change them, knowing that it was the wrong choice. The question you have to ask yourself is: How do you want to fail? Do you want to fail in a way that feels like it respects your tastes and value system?

Everyone always comes to one point in their life as an artist where you can either let your heart guide you or your ego.

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.

I just do what feels right. I think the great thing about getting to do what I do is that you can try out being a different person without having to screw up your life to do it.

My greatest achievement is being able to write records that are real snapshots of what's going on in my life. I won't repeat myself for the sake of commerce, or to please other people.

I have done some tacky films, but then they were all my decisions, and I'm happy to have made those because they have made me who I am.

I could have been on a path that led to different, more traditional teen romance, and 'Nip/Tuck' shook me loose from any generalization I might have been forced into. It helped me understand I wanted to take on things that were edgier, more challenging and riskier.

I have a lot of memories, but I don't go into capitalizing on that. Something's got to be my own. I'm not doing the record to sit here and broadcast my memories of my father.

My biggest challenge was to make sure that the songs I did were who I am.

The responsibility of an artist is to be honest with themselves.

One of my life philosophies is that you have a choice to make when you're doing something creative. You can be cheesy... or you can be lame.

I think you owe it to yourself and you owe it to your status as an artist to be true to who you are.

Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.

I want to do what I can lend my talents to, but I want it to be as a human being and not as a two-dimensional character.

That's a lovely starting point for me as an actor: the question of what will we - or can we - do with this lot of years with which we're blessed? More than my other films, 'The Danish Girl' is about the gigantic risks involved in being true to one's self.

Growing up in the Raleigh theater scene was a big factor in developing the ability, which I have now, to be freely me.

I don't want to change how I am, how I play, so if it means taking more risks, it's always going to be the case, and that's fine for me.

I just think I want my work to represent me fully.

Maybe some of the pronouns have changed, but I've always been honest in my music.

You can't write about a personal struggle if you're going to water it down to meet everyone's expectations about what's appropriate.

Define your priorities, know your values and believe in your purpose. Only then can you effectively share yourself with others.

We only do what we think is good and what we're happy with. I do that in stand-up, I even do it with my children's books. I don't do market research, I don't have focus groups, I don't care. I don't care if it fails, honestly. I'd rather have something that's completely mine fail than something succeed that I'm not proud of.