Natalia Makarova Quotes

I don't see myself as the perfect person at all.

I don't see in myself any perfection.

Now, I'm not the kind of guy who likes to look in the mirror and say, 'Oh, you're the best.'

Perfection is impossible without humility. Why should I strive for perfection, if I am already good enough?

Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.

I have to be careful not to be too proud in life, because there is always room for improvement.

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better.

I'm never a person who likes anything I've done. It's just the way it is. Twenty years later, I can look at something I did, and I'm still thinking, 'You know, that could have been better if you had done it this way or that way.

I always say I've given 24 insufficient performances and I'm looking forward to the time in my life when I'll do something that I think is good. There's always stuff you can do better, stuff that maybe you didn't uncover enough. But if you do something that you truly believe is perfect, then that's got to be the last movie you do.

I've never felt completely satisfied with what I've done. I tend to see things too critically. I'm trying to get over that.

I know I'm not perfect.

I don't want to be perceived as someone who has it all figured out. I certainly don't feel entitled or like I'm a superstar. I'm still growing, learning, and figuring things out.

I have a perfectionist mentality; I want things to be right. But I've had a little duel over the years with that mentality. Because it can inhibit you.

I've done my best to work from a place of humility - always looking over your shoulder saying, 'Does this suck?' and I think that's a good way to work. The other way to work is where you start to think, 'I'm on fire, I'm amazing!' and I don't think that's the way to work.

When I watch myself on-screen, I always look for the flaws.

If we are not regularly deeply embarrassed by who we are, the journey to self-knowledge hasn’t begun.

I'm humble 'cause I think many years ago people say, 'Well, Alibaba's terrible company'. And I know we were not that terrible. We're pretty good; we're better than people thought. But today, when people have a high expectation on you, and I start to worry and nervous because we are not good yet.

I'm never impressed with myself!

Obviously, if I could go back and change anything, I would be a perfect man. And I know there's no perfect man.

I certainly had an arrogant streak. And I certainly was defensive in certain cases. Maybe I'm still arrogant, but I try not to be.

I always want to become better. If never being satisfied is a problem, then I have it. At least it's a good problem.

I'm not a perfect player.

If you look at who you were a year ago and aren't somewhat embarrassed, you're not growing as a person.

I'm definitely my worst critic. I guess that's good because it keeps you on your toes.

I never feel like anything I have done is perfect. I feel like there is always room for improvement.