Melvin Van Peebles Quotes

I am an artsy girl. It's no secret that I am artsy, you know.

I am a person before I am anything else. I never say I am a writer. I never say I am an artist...I am a person who does those things.

There are many sides to me to who I am and my personality. I think the only thing that is rebellious about me is that I don't really have a lot of fears, as far as film industry is concerned.

Advice for young people who want to channel their personality into creative work - be authentic.

I don't think I'm boring.

When I look back, I can see why people thought I was aggressive. My first single, 'Do It Like A Dude,' resulted in a lot of misconceptions about me. I'm confident - but I'm not arrogant.

But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.

I'm a man, I'm not just a fashion designer.

I'm a fairly worldly guy.

I think I'm a million different faces.

I'm more than just a shooter.

I get that I can come across as a show-off, but that is part of who I am.

I always sort of saw myself as different from a musician.

To have a sense of style, it shows you know yourself. People like that.

There is a lot more to me than just being a crazy fighter.

I think everyone else is boring. And I'm not boring.

I come from an era, in my world, where you just had to define yourself as who you are and what you do. I happen to be an actor. I happen to be someone that loves to act, that also likes music, that also likes to speak, and that also has an opinion.

One can't help but bring one's own personality into what one is doing, and it's certainly true of us actors and it's true of writers.

It's not my job to look beautiful. It's my job to look interesting.

I'm not a girl. I'm a genius.

I can remember wondering as a child if I were a young Macaulay or Ruskin and secretly deciding that I was. My infant mind even was bitter with those who insisted on regarding me as a normal child and not as a prodigy.

I've always seen myself for who I am, which is a lot of things.

Early in school, they called me 'the artist.' When teachers wanted things painted, they called upon me, they called upon 'the artist.' I am not saying that I learned my name, animals can learn their names, I am saying that they learned it.

What makes my father different is the fact that he calls himself mad.

Everybody in the world has an ego. The only difference between us is we have a reason to have an ego.