Laetitia Casta Quotes

Be that self which one truly is.

Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come.

I think that some people like to be someone other than themselves when acting, while others are most themselves. I fall into the second camp. For me, acting is a great exercise in getting to the truth about myself.

Do whatever it takes to convey your essential self.

The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.

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

Basically, I think that there are some characters that you can just allow the truth of your character as a human being in your real life to come through.

I come out of real life.

Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it.

If there's one theme in all my work, it's about authenticity and self-expression. It's the idea that some things are, in some real sense, really you - or express what you and others aren't.

If you re not speaking your own truth, you will never be able to be all you are meant to be. You cannot be pretending to be somebody else.

The original, shimmering self gets buried so deep that most of us end up hardly living out of it at all. Instead we live out all the other selves, which we are constantly putting on and taking off like coats and hats against the world’s weather

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

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.

What you are is a question only you can answer.

There's no reason to change what you are, but if you're not being you, then you need to acknowledge that.

I didn't start to work until I realized what it was I had to offer. I stopped imitating performers I admired and started just being myself.

The thing that surprises me most is, you cannot change who you are.

In the process of telling the truth about what you feel or what you see, each of us has to get in touch with himself or herself in a really deep, serious way.

I don't think it's about entertainment. I think it's about being ourselves.

In every role, a part of me gets to come out.

You never find yourself until you face the truth.

My interest lies in my self-expression - what's inside of me - not what I'm in.

Trying to give an individual a voice has always kind of been my mission in my life. As an actor, I've always seen that was something that needed to be done. You need to find that voice inside of you so that you can stand up and be who you really are.

Learn what you are and be such.