Michael C. Hall Quotes

At least when you're acting you can be someone. In front of the camera you have to be yourself. And who am I?

I kind of keep my personality in my pocket a lot. When I start to do stand-up, that's not my true personality either. It's the personality of a guy who hasn't been able to say what he wanted to say.

If I put on a tie and play what I really think I am, I'm a disaster.

When you're hiding behind a character all the time, as soon as you have to be yourself, you feel kind of terrified.

Like, that was weird in 'Hamlet 2,' because I played myself there, fully myself, but then I realized, 'Oh, I'm not playing myself. I'm some weird version of myself.' So as an actress, you're always playing something, I don't even know who I am, how could I become me? I don't know what that is.

People often expect me to be something other than what I am.

I'm happier on the runway than I am on the red carpet. Because then I am not being myself. I think, on the red carpet, it's a weird, like, 'Who am I? Am I me? Am I them?'

There are always moments when I think about leaving skating, but when I think about that, I'm not very smart, and I'm not very pretty, and there's nothing else that stands out about me besides my skating.

I wanted to change my name when I first started because I thought, 'No-one is going to believe that it is my name.'

The trouble is, I just don't know if I'm too human or not human enough.

It was easier to act, in a way, than to be myself. Somehow I just felt I was in the right place.

And identity is funny being yourself is funny as you are never yourself to yourself except as you remember yourself and then of course you do not believe yourself.

We're afraid of letting people see the glory of who we are.

There is a part of me that is desperately wanting to not necessarily be this cute, endearing, heart-on-his-sleeve type of character that just wants to be liked.

Sometimes when I go out on the road, I feel almost embarrassed or dismayed because I can't be the image of what kids want me to be. So I just try to be myself, and usually that works out OK.

Human identity is the most fragile thing that we have, and it's often only found in moments of truth.

If you ask me to play myself, I will not know what to do. I do not know who or what I am.

With acting, I've got a character to inhabit. You've got to think about your intentions and your directions. In modeling, even though there's an act to it, a good model is a good model. For me it's uncomfortable territory. You start to feel quite insecure about yourself. There's nothing between you and the camera, and it's just you.

They all knew my name, but no one heard the music - I didn't look the same.

I feel more comfortable when I'm somebody else, I think. When I'm taking a picture as myself, the whole idea of taking a headshot, to me, feels very false.

Often, when I finish a film, I'll have that feeling inside me: 'I never want to do this ever again. I don't want to pretend anymore. I want to be myself and do that.'

In my job, I am portrayed as a misfit, a grandiose high fashion lady or an unearthly creature. At home, it's important I can look in the mirror, strip away the disguise and be comfortable with who stares back.

Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something.

I have never felt that the one thing that I am 'known for' is what I am.

I can be Erykah the human being more than the celebrity.