Richard Painter Quotes

I'm going to keep playing the way I do. I don't think anybody can tell me how to play; I always play hard.

I have my way of doing things.

I've always done things my way.

I have my own stubborn attitude about how I want to play and where I want to go.

No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.

I like to be against the odds.

You have to figure out ways to do things on your own. I do my own thing, and I don't pay much attention to what anyone else is doing.

I'm such a strong-headed person and so stubborn, I don't need someone to be sweet to me.

I've always lived my life fearlessly, and what I want to do with my life, I do.

I like stubborn players. At least they have an opinion. If they are right or wrong, this doesn't matter for me.

I have to do this my way.

By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.

I was determined if I was going to become a superstar it would be on my terms. I've had that ethic since the beginning.

Everybody wants to be led. Except for me. I want to lead.

I'm a good assistant. That's why I don't have an assistant, because I'm so on it that no one can be as on it as me. I know that.

It's not like I let people do things for me, so I guess you can call me a control freak, or you can call me passionate.

I definitely do things on my terms, it may not seem that way but I actually do.

The thing I hate most in acting is asking permission to do things. What you really want to do is say, 'This is my need; this is what's going to get me further; this is what's going to be alive. I don't ever say, 'Do you mind if...?' I just come in and do it.

I just know that it's smart for my career to carve my own path and do my own thing.

Our parents have always encouraged us to be independent and dream big.

I'm not confused about what's happening in fashion, because I follow my own direction and go.

I'm very independent.

I'm not a ball in a pinball machine. I know what I want.

I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.

I don't follow other players or the tournaments they play. I have my own schedule and do my own thing. I never really think, 'Oh, I want to be or play like so-and-so.' I just like being myself.