Melissa Leo Quotes

I don't like my first name.

I'd rather people just call me by my name, Andy, than 'Red Rifle.'

People who know me well, call me Elizabeth. I dislike Liz.

What's there in a name! Some people call me Jai, while others call me Jaggu, Kishan, Jackie, or Bhidu.

A man's name is not like a mantle which merely hangs about him...but a perfectly fitting garment, which, like the skin, has grown over him, at which one cannot rake and scrape without injuring the man himself.

Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual.

Most people call me Mercy. I like it.

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

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

My name is not 'William Shatner.'

The only thing that frightens me a little is when I'm called Kevin rather than Fred, but that's how people have known me for so many years. So, I can't really blame them.

People often expect me to be something other than what I am.

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

I was always Missy, never Melissa. I went to college, and I thought it was so much more interesting to go by a different name, and then it just kind of stuck.

I couldn't imagine living my life with another name.

I have my belief structure, and it's very important to me, but people start associating that with you, and you become that. I want to be judged for my work.

You can write 'little beast' if you want, but my name is David Ferrer.

My parents named me Arlette, and I changed it to Agnes when I was young. I didn't like it because I don't like names with 'ette' - you know, it looks like a little girl's name.

I've never thought of myself as just an actor.

There are a lot of people who don't know me and what I am all about.

There were absolutely times in my life when I tried to get people to call me Robert.

I view myself as more than a running back.

I just don't want to give anybody a reason to label me as something I'm not.

I never felt like an Amanda.

I wanted to change my name when I first started because I thought, 'No-one is going to believe that it is my name.'