Wale Quotes

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

I am not afraid if people think Matt LeBlanc in 'Episodes' is who I am - my friends and family know who I am.

I'd like people to understand that I do have some personality.

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.

People see us as no better than we are.

I looked in the mirror and saw a lot of stuff, but 'movie star' was never one of them.

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

I find it very hard to take myself seriously.

I don't expect anybody to know who I am.

I don't think of myself as a leader. I am, but I don't think of myself that way. I'm not trying to belittle what I do, but I think of myself as a dancer first. I'll always be a dancer.

How you choose to present yourself to the world shows what's meaningful to you - and what you want others to think is meaningful to you.

My guess is that people look at me and project their own values - importance of family, ego is healthy but not the biggest thing. I don't know. I can't explain my popularity.

I don't consider myself a star or a celebrity or anybody, you know. I just think of myself as doing something that I love to do.

We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.

When you look in the mirror, your 'appearance,' that outer you, is what you see first.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

When you are in the public eye, it is really counterproductive to think about how you're viewed in the eyes of others. You just have to be who you are.

Rod Carew told me once that for those that know you, no explanation is necessary, and for those that don't know you, none is possible. That's the philosophy I live by.

I wasn't that hard. I wasn't that tough. I wasn't that funny - I looked like me.

I have never looked at myself as a star.

I didn't take myself seriously for a long time.

If you start having to tell people you're cool, you're not.

I am pretty much who I seem, and it's not a television host.

I don't really consider myself a center.

One is what one has the nerve to pretend to be.