Dane DeHaan Quotes

There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there could be any at all.

We believe, first and foremost, what makes us feel that we are fine fellows.

I don't really know what my personality is anyway. I don't really have one.

I have no issues with my identity.

Hair is about when you're younger. I am my hair.

In a way, you kind of get caught up in whatever image of yourself you think is out there.

Once I looked into a mirror at my face I felt like it was completely convincing. I was Salieri.

If we could see ourselves as others see us, we would vanish on the spot.

I'm always interested in how people, myself included, have ideas of themselves, of how they thought they would be, or of how they want to be seen. And the older you get, the world keeps telling you different things about yourself. And how people either adjust to those things and let go of adolescent notions. Or they dig in deeper.

Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me?

I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance.

It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction.

I don't like myself without a beard.

I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.

Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought, what an awful word.

So many people define themselves by what they've accomplished or not accomplished.

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.

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.

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

I didn't want to have to deal with having any moniker or separation between the self that I see and know myself as.

I've basically thought of myself as a writer, whether I was or not.

Ego is the immediate dictate of human consciousness.

There's nothing like getting yourself into character and seeing a different person. It really wears on your vanity.

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

But I always see myself as the filmmaker. I wonder if everybody else sees me more as an actor.