Delroy Lindo Quotes

Out of frustration, I say things. Now, people listen to me so much I can say it under my breath and everybody hears me... I said in the past that I'm a work in progress, and I feel like I'm progressing.

I think the day that I become comfortable doing interviews and going on talk shows is the day that I don't know what it is to be a human being anymore.

I never particularly thought of myself as great with girls. I can be awkward, and I have a strange sense of humor at times. But I've also been learning to try and embrace that.

I need to learn to be more assertive.

Okay, sense of humor: plus one. Being able to laugh at yourself: plus one. Being able to laugh at other people without being mean: plus one. Vanity: minus one.

I'm not sure I have a natural gift. I think it's just that some people have an easier time expressing their emotions, maybe because of the way they've been raised, and I've always been expressive.

I can always get better. A lot of my ex-girlfriends don't think I'm funny.

I wasn't very good a communicating as a kid. I wasn't very good at speaking my mind, and I went through some challenges as a kid with my family, as we all do.

Opening up is something I have to learn how to do if I'm going to be in this business.

I just think we need to have a little sense of humor about yourself and just live and learn, take some chances.

I didn't know how to get along with others. I didn't even know how to be in the same room with other people. Then, after a while, you learn.

Mahesh Bhatt has changed me a lot. I used to be very held back with my words. He has made me open up. He has taught me how to say what comes to my mind, just as he does.

All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.

Basically, I think you need two things to get by in this world: a sense of humor and the ability to laugh when your ego is destroyed.

It's good to be able to laugh at yourself and the problems you face in life. Sense of humor can save you.

I don't understand how somebody wouldn't have a sense of humor about themselves.

For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

Kids don't like what they don't understand, and judo was always my social outlet. I always felt really socially awkward, and I couldn't speak very well when I was younger. When I was doing judo, it was something that I could understand and someplace where I felt that I belonged and fit in.

One thing that I am proud of: I am really capable of laughing at myself.

I was painfully shy for a long time. I mean, that's something I really had to work my way out of. And I really think it was because, after the 2008 Olympics, I spent a whole year bartending. It was the one thing that really forced me to be just not so scared to start conversations with strangers.

I'm quite shy. Really. I'm trying to expand myself as a person more, get involved with people.

My childhood, adolescence and high school days are unusually important. If there has ever been a time that I developed a uniqueness and sense of humor and the ability to organize, it was then. In those early days, I developed the skills that gave me a certain degree of success in American politics.

When we can begin to take our failures seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.

A strong sense of humor, a really awesome personality, and maturity is also really important in a boyfriend. I tend to only be attracted to older guys for that reason. I just love guys who have a really strong sense of who they are.

My voice is stronger today than ever.