Jane Hamilton Quotes

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.

One of my problems is to find the self.

I've done teaching and things like that because if you're acting, you're becoming other human beings, and you need to have time to find who you are as well.

Few things can frustrate us more than trying to make a person someone he or she isn't; we feel crazy when we try to pretend that person is someone he or she is not.

It's hard to live in a blind and aimless - or dishonest, rather - narrative when somebody in your family is going farther toward - or at least think they are and say they are - their true self.

I might not ever fully know who I am, but I also believe that I could be whoever I want, whenever I want.

The woman's personal identity is a vast undiscovered country -- with which Society has yet to acquaint itself, and by which it is yet to be revolutionized.

I started getting more in tune with who I am by doing roles or even just being in a class and being around people.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

When we're growing up there are all sorts of people telling us what to do when really what we need is space to work out who to be.

To me, the most interesting part of 'True Blood' is that the entire crux of the show is based on identity and finding your true identity.

People are people, and they want to know about their own experiences.

I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that's not easy.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

There's no reason to change what you are, but if you're not being you, then you need to acknowledge that.

When I discover who I am, I'll be free.

There was a period when I had a hard time reconciling all the different parts of me in a way that I thought would make sense to others.

For me, 'Rent' was all about coming out of myself, finding out who I was, learning the power I could have as a performer.

I use acting to get away from myself and to live in someone else's skin, and I do singing to get inside my own skin. I need them both for my emotional health.

Everything we know by heart enriches us and helps us find ourselves. If it should get in the way of finding ourselves, it is because we have no personality.

I would say that I'm finding my voice in more ways than one.

I didn't start to work until I realized what it was I had to offer. I stopped imitating performers I admired and started just being myself.

I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.

I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with evolution.