Cenk Uygur Quotes

I've been careful to keep my life separate because it's important to me to have privacy and for my life not to be a marketing device for a movie or a TV show. I'm worth more than that.

I would never do something I'm uncomfortable with.

It's really not important what my personal life is.

If someone asked me to do something I didn't want to do or didn't think was right, I wouldn't do it.

I had an upbringing to respect other people's privacy and their right to be and choose what they want, and I expect - no, demand - no less for myself.

I would rather take the role and work and make my own money and self respect than to have sex with someone who has a lot of money.

Sticking to your values, listening to your instincts, making your own choices is so important.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

I just don't want to talk about my personal life. I feel like it's mine, I'm not trying to promote it. It's nice to have things that are your own, that you value enough that you don't have to use to sell a movie.

If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs.

I always say it's worth doing what you want to do, not letting people manipulate you. It's worth holding out. It's worth having pride.

My personal life is a source of incredible happiness for me, but it's personal, and it's not for me to hock or shop around to the highest bidder.

Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.

You can't live your life trying to please people. You be courteous and you be respectful, but you've got to do things in the way that you want to do them.

I'm not totally innocent, and I do date. But as a young woman, I also demand respect.

I don't want to be someone's entertainment.

I don't care what you say about me anymore! I don't care what you write about me anymore. I don't care! This is my life. I can't have anybody messing with my life. I just want to be Gerry Cooney, doing what I want to do. I want to be what I am. A fighter.

Nobody owes anything to anybody. You are your authentic self to whom and when you choose to be, and if you don't know somebody, then why would you explain to them how you live your life?

I won't do things for money. I can't.

I had this belief that I couldn't just accept to be treated as an object. It was a problem of dignity.

There's nothing, nobody can pay me enough money and nobody can do enough for me to wear something I don't want.

Being your own person and standing for what you believe is a critical aspect of a good professional life.

My lesson would be to not sell yourself to anybody else and stay true to yourself.

My mom taught me to respect myself, and to question anyone who would ask me to sacrifice my integrity.

I feel like I let people know I'm not a toy.