Gregory Peck Quotes

I had no real education because I was in and out of schools so I decided that I would completely change my look, change my image, change my name and move to New York.

I used to be called Waddy Jones. But I changed my name to Ninja because it's more me.

It's true. In America, you can reinvent yourself at any turn. And, you know, if things aren't going well for you in life, everyone says, change, become someone different.

I just decided I wanted to become someone else... So I became someone else.

Changing my name was traumatic for me.

I changed my name when I was 13. I don't know why but it made sense at the time. I wanted another identity. I wanted to reinvent myself.

My first name used to be Leslie. I snipped that off and put my middle name, which was Steven, in the front.

I believe later in life I'm gonna change my name when I start making the right music.

I changed from 'Zoo Kid' to 'King Krule' mainly because I didn't want to be called a 'Kid' when I was 20, so I just thought I'd get rid of that alias and change it now while I'm younger. I wanted to change it quick. and 'King Krule' was the first thing that came into my head.

I'm not Carl Lewis the athlete any more. I'm growing into a new person with new interests and new goals.

Truthfully, being pregnant is changing me as a person. Each day is part of this amazing journey that has completely shifted the focus of my life and made me reevaluate my personal and professional goals.

Actually, my real name is not Mona. It's Jasmeet. I changed it to Mona when I came to Mumbai.

I always wished I could move around and switch schools. It was hard to have these radical transformations. You'd think, 'I will be a totally different person tomorrow,' but it never worked.

I also want to announce that I'm changing my name. I haven't told anyone. You get the scoop.

When I left for college, I told myself that this was a chance for reinvention. No one on the other side of the country knew that I was an introvert, so maybe if I tried not acting like an introvert, I wouldn't be one.

At 23, you can completely, literally reinvent yourself if you want to.

Before college, I was Cyndi, and then I think I went to college and I was like, 'You know what? Now I'm Cynthia.'

I think everybody, or the great majority of human beings, have this aspiration to become other: to live a different identity, at least for a while.

You got to make the most of your second life. I was born Nayvadius, but now I'm Future. Should I dwell on what Nayvadius was supposed to be? I get a chance to experience life as something else. I wasn't supposed to be like this.

I've become someone else, really, like a role model.

My first name during my first match was 'Lena.' I was still Lena then, just because we hadn't gotten a name yet.

I'm making a fresh start. That's another reason for the name change from Lord Steven Regal to William Regal here in the WWF.

I am Killian Murphy. One day, I realised I needed a new name. I was doing 'Under Milk Wood' and had 24 hours to come up with a new one.

Short of finding a place on the witness protection programme, you don't get many opportunities to completely reinvent your life. Going to university changes that. Away from home, away from parents, away from anyone who remembers you from school, you can pretend to be far cooler and more experienced than you are.

Changing my name has been like a formal rite of passage.