Velveteen Dream Quotes

I always have a hard time describing myself.

I don't think anybody's quite accurately branded me. I'm not sure I could do it myself.

I've never, ever labeled myself.

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've never thought of myself in terms of an identity. I'm always baffled when I encounter someone who gives the impression about being confident about a particular defined identity.

You gotta know what you are, who you are and how you want to be portrayed.

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

The actor has a constant problem of personal identity.

I feel like a mirror reflecting back everyone's perception of me.

You think you know who you are, and then other people have these other ideas.

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

I could easily not be the person that people know.

To me, self-description is a calamity.

There is no self-portrait of me.

There's nothing harder than defining oneself.

It's hard to articulate how I think about myself as a public figure.

Who am I, really? I prefer to leave that up to the observer, because I will never finish answering that.

There are a lot of people who don't know me and what I am all about.

I couldn't put into a capsule one thing that represents me, I don't think.

What is your identity, and how do you know who you are if you don't have language?

I love tennis. But even if I become the greatest of all time, I still don't only want to be defined by tennis. I'm my own person. And I want to be remembered as I really am.

Nobody else can tell you what you are.

I know what my identity is.

As we grow up, we're constantly defining ourselves. In my case: Caucasian, male, born in Iowa, live in Boston, Zen Buddhist, good at learning languages. With countless labels, I build up this creation I call my self.

A creature who has spent his life creating one particular representation of his selfdom will die rather than become the antithesis of that representation