Paul Scofield Quotes

Nobody else can tell you what you are.

The secret is to have a sense of yourself, your real self, your unique self. And not just once in a while, or once a day, but all through the day, the week and life.

Above all, know that ego isn't personal. It isn't who you are. If you consider the ego to be your personal problem, that's just more ego.

I'm fascinated by what makes up a self, how one becomes a self, how much is it an answer to others and how much is it an essence of self.

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

I see knowledge of self. I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me.

I can't stand outside myself and be anybody else.

It's so much easier to know who you are when there aren't a thousand people telling you who they think you are.

I have always felt that I am the sum total of my parts.

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

I'm really interested in stories about identity - who I am now versus who I used to be.

I've never, ever labeled myself.

You see a person when you look in the mirror that no one sees but you. Other people see a person when they look at you, but you're not that person, either.

Everybody has their own story - it's who you are. If I wasn't five-foot, I wouldn't be who I am!

I think, for me, it has been important to remain 'Petra from Fulnek.'

Some people want to define themselves, and they should, as it's part of their identity. For me personally, I've never really had a label for myself.

I identify with my womanhood before anything else because that's what I deal with when I am alone.

I don't even know who I am. All I know is that I am the sibling, daughter, sister, the friend of somebody, and I need to know who I am outside of that.

I think, personally, it's our flaws that define us to us - or maybe it's just me.

My self encompasses a lot of different things.

I'm reminded of who I am, who I was, and who I'm supposed to be.

Without its daydreams, the self is apt to shrink down to the size and shape of the estimation of others

And the idea of ourselves is our escape from the fact what we really are.

A self is a frightening thing to waste, it's the lens through which one's whole life is viewed, and few people are willing to part with it, in death, or even imaginatively, in art.

If you go too far down the rabbit hole of what people think about you, it can change everything about who you are.