Alexa Ray Joel Quotes

It seems that different people have an idea of what I am, and what I should be. And then there's me.

I deliberately try to carry a different perception of myself as opposed to my father's. I respect my dad and his body of work, but I can't give him credit for what I am today. As a person, I give my parents full credit; career-wise, no.

I’m not my name. My name is something I wear, like a shirt. It gets worn. I outgrow it, I change it.

I have never regarded myself as this or that. I have been too busy being myself to bother about regarding myself.

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.

I love my father, but I have worked to develop a separate and distinct identity in different projects I have worked on.

I was kind of smart enough when I was young, 14 or 15 years old, to realize that if you're ever going to do anything and step out of the shadow of your own dad - not only in hockey, but in life itself - you're going to have to learn you're Brett and not 'Bobby's son.'

I think Zippy is part of me, but I'm not Zippy.

I knew Henry Fonda was my father, but I didn't know who I was. They all thought of me as Henry Fonda's son. Unfortunately for them, they never got to know me.

We all need a firm sense of identity.

My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.

I'm still very much Kate.

If I had to give one piece of advice to incoming college freshmen, I'd say always be true to yourself.

I know who I am by now. And I am my own brand.

The older you get, the more you fight for your own identity and start to live your own life.

I was in high school, and when you get to be 14, 15, you start to feel a little more like your own person so that you can assert your adulthood a little bit.

I don't believe complete assimilation is possible, at least not for anyone who has an active, open mind. Every step, every entry into the flows of existence can be seen as a beginning, a commencement of a brand new way of seeing oneself in the world. This is the case for everyone.

I've never, ever labeled myself.

I think that parents grow up with an idea of what they want their kids to be like - and then their kids grow up to be people of themselves, of their own.

I look at that person and I'm like, That's not Kelli White. That's not who I am, who I started out to be.

When you don't inherit an identity you have to define it on your own.

When you have a lot of people telling you what you are and perceiving you in a certain way, it's difficult to find your own identity.

Everybody has their own story - it's who you are. If I wasn't five-foot, I wouldn't be who I am!

I've never thought of myself as just an actor.

I've heard, 'You're not your father.' Well, you're right. I'm not. We've had two different careers.