Bell Hooks Quotes

I have no issues with my identity.

I see myself as Rhoda, not Mary Tyler Moore.

The actor has a constant problem of personal identity.

It's so much easier to know who you are when there aren't a thousand people telling you who they think you are.

At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore.

You can feel I am whatever you want to feel I am. God knows who I am, and I know who I am.

I didn't want to have to deal with having any moniker or separation between the self that I see and know myself as.

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

Approaching a part or thinking about taking a part, I never think, 'Is that person like me?'

I've always been very conscious of who I am.

I've never, ever labeled myself.

How you define yourself is a major issue for young people and adults alike.

I don't think anyone is the perfect one to play me.

I never felt like an Amanda.

I know what my identity is.

I see the ups and downs. I see the mistakes I've made. I see a funny person. I see a serious person. I see a diamond. I see the good times. I see the bad times. And I see knowledge of self. I see knowledge of self. I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me.

What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else.

Living up to an image that you have of yourself or that other people have of you is inauthentic living.

And identity is funny being yourself is funny as you are never yourself to yourself except as you remember yourself and then of course you do not believe yourself.

I was brought up to believe that how I saw myself was more important than how others saw me.

People can call you many different things, but you are not what people call you. You are what you answer to.

It's important to be self-aware about what people are saying about you, but even more so, be very aware of who you actually are, and to have that be the main priority.

I never aspired to be up front. When I was a kid, I didn't ever look in the mirror with a hairbrush going, "Hey, I'm Elvis!"

I wonder how I seem to them. They must see someone I don't see. Someone capable and strong. Someone I can't be; someone I can be.

Maybe I’m a human, but I’m a me-and-Ma as well.