Scott Rudin Quotes

I'm getting rid of this idea that you want people to like you. I'm making decisions on what feels right to me. To act in a more carnal way. That's my challenge.

My quality is my intuition. I can't just ignore that, can I? Then I'd be a player of whom there are a thousand of my age.

All I can tell you is that you cannot make choices in your own career, either career choices or choices when you're actually working as an actor, based on trying to downplay or live up to a comparison with somebody else. You just can't do that. You have to do your own work based on your own gut, your own instincts, and your own life.

I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.

Be yourself, take control of your life.

Always take your own path. And do what feels right for you.

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.

You cannot live your life looking at yourself from someone else's point of view.

I never let track define me. That's something that's really important to me.

Trust your gut. You know yourself, so don't let somebody else tell you who you are.

You come to realize that only one person can tell you what's expected of you, and that's you.

My life choices are not supposed to be the gateway to somebody else's. That's my journey.

I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what that is.

I am going to be myself. To me, that is going to take care of the rest.

My parents have always taught me to be myself and to follow my instincts.

Do what you're happy with and not what you think whoever else is going to tell you about you 'acting a color.' You don't act at all. You just do what you think is best.

I don't believe I am influencing anybody but myself.

All I'm gonna do is just go on and do what I feel.

I'm going to be true to what I want to do, because if I care what people think about me, I'm a puppet. Which I have been in my life. And you can't live life that way, man!

I intend to be me. Whatever that is.

Today I trust my instinct, I trust myself. Finally.

Follow your own star!

All I've ever needed is myself.

I don't feel as if I have to force anything. I just have to play my game.

My father raised me to think independently and follow my own path in life.