Matt Nagy Quotes

People and what they say don't bother me like they used to. When I was younger, I really couldn't take it because I couldn't understand where the criticism was coming from.

You know, once you have been through a certain amount of things in life, you definitely grow more comfortable with yourself.

Believe in yourself and try not to take anything personally.

It's murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point. As hard as it is in your work, it's harder in your life. But it can be done.

By the time you're 30, you know who you are inside. You learn to laugh at things you can't change; you learn to be yourself.

I was not used to criticism.

It was kind of a hard lesson when I figured out that not everybody is going to be kind, be sweet. So I've learned that I am never going to make everybody happy. There's always going to be someone who can't stand the way I write, and I can't take that personally.

I've grown as an actor. I am more confident within my art form. I have also grown as a person. I am more compassionate, generous, and less judgmental.

Am I completely indifferent to criticism? No, not at all. But I know who I am and I have learned to respect and care for who I am.

I've just learned how to put things into perspective and how to not be afraid of change while making decisions for myself. Also, asking for what I want and demanding what I need and being more confident in who I am and my ability.

I think when you get to that point in your life where you're the first to laugh at yourself, you're at the best place of your life.

In time, she learned to develop her own opinion of the people that she worked for, and she got stronger. Think she's now much stronger. In the beginning she wanted to believe she was strong but sometimes she faltered.

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.

As I get older, I'm more comfortable in my skin.

You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.

The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.

I do not have the angst and the anxiety of my youth. I've gotten to a place where I'm very comfortable with who I am.

I was 20 years old and felt I had a lot to offer, even to myself.

I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity.

My habit would have been to veer towards the dark - to prove I was something; edgy, or maybe to prove that I was cognisant of the dark side. Now, with age and confidence, I can say, yeah, that's true, but I am cognisant of the fact that people can do things well. And can be more loving than you expect.

Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension.

You know, I always think of myself as sort of ready for every criticism.

I can live with myself.

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

To me, constructive criticism is when people take ownership of their ideas. That's why I don't listen to anything that's anonymous. But it's hard; when there's something hurtful out there, I still want to read it over and over and memorize it and explain my point of view to the person.