Elisabeth Moss Quotes

Take events in your life seriously, take work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously, or you'll become affected, pompous and boring.

I'm no saint. I'm no angel. I never proclaimed to be.

I've been & am absurdly over-estimated. There are no supermen & I'm quite ordinary, & will say so whatever the artistic results. In that point I'm one of the few people who tell the truth about myself.

I take my dog Tinkerbell seriously. I take my job seriously. But I don't take myself all that seriously.

I just do what I do. It's not something that should be revered as something that's great.

I properly enjoy what I do, but I know it's not brain surgery. I don't take myself too seriously.

I was always looking for relatability, because I am not someone cut out for larger than life roles.

I am not a perfect saint, by any means.

Avoid pulpits, platforms, stages and pedestals. Keep to the hard ground. It is the only way you can judge your approximate status as a man.

I'm actually a very bad surfer, which is good because everybody likes a bad surfer. Nobody likes a good surfer.

I'm not insecure, but I'm not like, 'Hi, I'm confident.'

I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.

I just don't believe the hype. I just don't take myself too seriously. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

I'm a good example of someone who can come to Hollywood and keep their feet on the ground with all the rock stars, all the drama that goes with being here. It's still important to pump your own gas and to be able to vacuum.

I'm the worst on facts about me or facts about the Beatles.

I guess I'm reasonably confident in all honesty. But I definitely don't think I'm arrogant. I'm pretty down to earth, I mean I'm genuinely down to earth.

I like attractive people who aren't so terribly aware that they are attractive... people who aren't afraid to roll on the floor and make fools out of themselves.

These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it.

The thing I always tell my audiences all the time is that I'm just two steps ahead of you on a good day. And I might be two steps behind you on a bad day.

I'm a very open person, very self-deprecating. I accept my flaws.

I don't want to pretend I'm any cooler or smarter than I am.

I have a dread of sounding pretentious and try not to talk too much about what I do.

I'm not someone who is glamorous all the time.

Fame and stuff like that is all very cool, but at the end of the day, we're all human beings. Although what I do is incredibly surreal and fun and amazing and I'm really grateful for it, I don't believe my own press release, do you know what I mean?

Most of my songs make fun of myself.