Jim McKay Quotes

I have no issues with my identity.

I know what my identity is.

What I do now defines who I am as a woman and how people see me; they don't see me as a little girl.

When I was younger, my father told me not to pigeonhole the way that I perceive myself.

At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore.

You can't ever put your self-definition in the hands of somebody who meets you for 15 minutes.

If my dancing is a disaster - it doesn't define me as a person.

I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me.

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn't, then why would you say I am.

I don't think anyone is the perfect one to play me.

I always wanted to be more validated as a human being, as a person, than I was as a player. I think that was a really hard balance for me.

More people know who I am, but I don't feel any different within myself - I think that's the main thing.

Too great a sense of identity makes a man feel he can do no wrong. And too little does the same.

It's easy to forget who you are.

I'm always interested in how people, myself included, have ideas of themselves, of how they thought they would be, or of how they want to be seen. And the older you get, the world keeps telling you different things about yourself. And how people either adjust to those things and let go of adolescent notions. Or they dig in deeper.

Many people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have.

Everything you think about yourself, everything you believe about yourself, is because you learned it.

The actor has a constant problem of personal identity.

It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.

Our self image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become.

I must be very clear in one thing... Being a pageant girl is not who I am or what defines me.

It's so much easier to know who you are when there aren't a thousand people telling you who they think you are.

I'm quite looking forward to the fact that people know me as Richard rather than Craig.

You don't have to look like George Clooney. You just have to know yourself.

So many people define themselves by what they've accomplished or not accomplished.