Aldous Harding Quotes

It seems that different people have an idea of what I am, and what I should be. And then there's me.

I don't know what else I would be if I wasn't me. I am not looking from the outside, looking back. I am who I am.

I've never, ever labeled myself.

You can't build a future if you do not know who you are. You can't become who you are meant to be if you can't tell the truth about who you are, what you have, and everything about your life. The truth is the absolute essence to your success, while lies are the absolute essence to your failures.

The greatest discovery in life is self-discovery. Until you find yourself you will always be someone else. Become yourself.

I have never regarded myself as this or that. I have been too busy being myself to bother about regarding myself.

I'm not interested in nostalgia; I'm interested in who I am.

I have to live in the truth that this is who I am. That's what I need to focus on.

I could do nice, but it's just not as much fun. Being nice isn't my biggest goal in life. I'm trying to be honest about who I am, and that's not always nice. I'm not always the world's cheerleader.

People want to know more about me. They want to know who I am.

Figure out who you are.

I come out of real life.

I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am.

I didn't want to make cinema so a person forgets himself and has a lot of fun. 'I forget myself, I am a little poor consumer.' I wanted to make a picture where someone who sees it say, 'This is me! This is me!'

I am excited to show people how, when you get older, you get deeper, you get more raw, you get more honest, and you stop pretending to be the person you think people want you to be. I stopped worrying about what people wanted me to say and just sort of dug deep into my personal arsenal of my mistakes and shameful thoughts.

'Shortcomings' was me figuring out who I am.

I see the ups and downs. I see the mistakes I've made. I see a funny person. I see a serious person. I see a diamond. I see the good times. I see the bad times. And I see knowledge of self. I see knowledge of self. I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me.

You can spend time self-identifying and figuring out what you are on that, but at some point, you just want to be who you are and not walk around telling people.

Truly know thyself, and to thine own self be true.

First you have to know who you are. That is the most important thing, as if you don't know who you are you will either get swallowed up or you follow some unsuitable trends and just become a nonentity.

Please, please, PLEASE be yourself. If you catch yourself not, take a step back.

I never had time to dream about being anyone else.

To me, the most interesting part of 'True Blood' is that the entire crux of the show is based on identity and finding your true identity.

People always tell me, 'Reinvent yourself, re-this, re-whatever.' I haven't reinvented myself. It's an honest evolution. I've always been authentic.

What you are is a question only you can answer.