Abhay Deol Quotes

I went to art school, I think it helped me a great deal because it taught me who I am.

I have never regarded myself as this or that. I have been too busy being myself to bother about regarding myself.

It seems that different people have an idea of what I am, and what I should be. And then there's me.

I know who I am by now. And I am my own brand.

When you have a lot of people telling you what you are and perceiving you in a certain way, it's difficult to find your own identity.

I feel that I am more aware of my artistry.

There are so many selves in everybody, and just to explore and exploit one is wrong, dead wrong, for the creative person.

Style comes from knowing who you are and who you want to be in the world; it does not come from wanting to be somebody else, or wanting to be thinner, shorter, taller, prettier.

I don't care what people think of me or for what reason they think of me. I don't feel like I don't know who I am to the degree that I have to change my hair to create a new me.

I’ve always thought you are what you are and you shouldn’t pretend to be anyone else. But Oliver used to correct me and explain that you are whoever it is you’re pretending to be.

I liked being a person. I wanted to keep at it.

I wouldn't be myself if I weren't always trying to be someone else. I only have so much time on this earth and I want to be as many people as possible.

You've got to show the world who you are before it tells you. Otherwise you become victim to someone you're not.

If I had to give one piece of advice to incoming college freshmen, I'd say always be true to yourself.

When I first got into the entertainment industry, I would always watch Rihanna and all those people, so I was like, 'Ooh, I have to be this.' So my mom was like, 'Just be yourself.'

Young writers often mistakenly choose a certain vein or style based on who they want to be, unconsciously trying to blot out who they actually are. You want to escape yourself.

I don't think you should categorize yourself as an artist.

We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too.

Part of the reason that I moved to Los Angeles is that even though my mom introduced me to all kinds of music, I really wanted to work on having my own identify, on being who I am and doing what I do, and seeing how people responded.

I'm really not sure what people think or expect me to be, but I am surprised when people say, 'You're not supposed to be like that... ' I'm not exactly sure what 'that' is, so I choose to take it as a compliment.

Life is a canvas of many strokes where shades from different palettes meet into a picture so concrete that some forget it is their own, so become framed themselves.

I'll never be August Wilson - but what I can be is more of myself.

I don't know what else I would be if I wasn't me. I am not looking from the outside, looking back. I am who I am.

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.

Be yourself. I had this three-week period where I wore this straw fedora. I thought it was what chicks wanted. And then it dawned on me that I was trying to be something that I wasn't, so I took the fedora off. So be yourself.