James Nesbitt Quotes

I think that most of us can identify with the change that happens to Bruce Banner. We all have a little of both inside us. I think this is an important theme in defining the character.

I have had my eyes opened to a different side to me. I'm a much happier person. There was always this Jekyll and Hyde thing with me.

So many people go through life, and they never deal with their own issues, no matter what the issues are - ours happen to be gender identity. But, how many people go through life and just waste an entire life 'cause they'd never deal with themselves to be who they are.

Bob Smith from Brooklyn is a guy who sometimes gets hung with problems and fears. Wolfman Jack is a happy-go-lucky guy who knows how to party. The challenge of my life has been letting more and more of Bob Smith go, becoming the Wolfman on an almost full-time basis, while still taking care of business.

My life has changed. I'm not walking around any more wishing I wasn't me, which was the case at one time.

The hardest situation to stay happy in, I think, is when you're trying to find love, and yourself at the same time. It just doesn't seem to fit well.

I used desperately to want to be a brooding hero from literature, but I'm optimistic, healthy and fair-haired.

It's ironic, but until you can free those final monsters within the jungle of yourself, your life, your soul is up for grabs.

No longer do I have these terrible complexes I had when I was younger, and I am able to enjoy what life's offering me.

I just felt that I was going to fall apart if I didn't learn to be myself.

I did a lot of struggling with my identity trying to figure out who the heck I was. I had to face my demons.

I cannot be anyone else but Memphis. I tried that, and I was not happy with myself.

I don't know how happy I was when I met Sting. I always had this difficulty of not really knowing who I was.

I have never known a greater miracle, or monster, than myself.

There has to be a balance, Vin," Elend said. "Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be." He sighed. "But for now," he said, nodding to the side, "we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.

When I stop doing the things that make me unhappy, I will experience the happiness that is that natural state of being. See, I don't think we were created with some pain and misery and whatever. I think we were created by whatever this thing is, when it extended itself, and, here we are. But I pile on so many misconceptions that I end up uncomfortable in my own skin.

I've spent years in therapy excavating my endless, often fruitless drive to overachieve. I have learned that being successful hasn't made me happy. It's just made me successful. I even call myself a recovering overachiever.

It's challenging to find self-love when there's confusion and you're living in a world that's seemingly very binary and black and white.

When you watch 'Doom Patrol,' you'll see most of the characters are trying to run away from their feelings and their emotions, and the minute they take a second and look at themselves face to face, that's when things can actually get resolved and get one step closer to peace.

For me, 'Pariah' is very much about that inner churn. It's about this person's emotional inner life, and that's really what I wanted to bring to 'Bessie.'

Every one of us at some point in our lives has had the struggle with identity.

The first three years my hair was purple, I still was trying to convince myself that I hated the color purple.

Accepting all that you are will lead you to live your best life and will allow you to be free and your true authentic self.

I was closeted into my mid-twenties and even into my late twenties. It screwed up my relationships; it screwed up things with my family that I've since repaired.

Now, I'm not 100% there, but every day I wake up, I'm happy being me, and I just feel fulfilled.