Penn Jillette Quotes

I don't really consider myself an impressionist.

I look pretty nondescript. I don't go out of my way to... I don't express my personality with my clothes, with my car or my, you know, house. I express with my personality; so as far as what I wear - I don't really care about that.

There's one thing everyone should understand: I like my character.

I'm an individual, and I have opinions.

I think it's pretty cruel to give a kid a name that others are going to have. I think it's very important to have a unique name within any group you're likely to be in.

People see that I have my own voice, my own opinion, my own likes. The album really reflects that.

A man's opinion is in others; his being is in himself.

I just like being me, and whether the people love me or hate me, that's their own prerogative.

I am not one to get into people's opinions, because if I were to be that way, I would not be where I am today.

I'm actually called Bang, a quite common name in Denmark where I'm from, so it's not like me trying to come up with a very stupid name for people to remember me or something.

I don't give a damn what people say about me. I like me the way I am, and who cares what other people say?

Always stay true to yourself. Some people will like it, some people won't. Life goes on.

I thought it was strange that I was called after a woman who killed herself in ancient literature. You just don't call your kid Dido and send her to school. But it's great for me now. It's just another thing that makes me stand out.

I do my best; I put out things I believe in and if you don't like it then pass on to something else.

and there's something about having an especially different name that makes it difficult to imagine what you would be like as a Jennifer.

I've always sort of wondered: If everyone else's opinion is what matters, then do you ever really have one of your own?

To love oneself is to struggle to rediscover and maintain your uniqueness

When I said, "I am my mother, but I'm not," I was saying my path would be my own.

Ultimately, it's not your job, as an actress, to satisfy people's expectations or image of who you should be. Even in your life, you are just who you are.

This god, this one word: I.

The point of life that I'm currently at is a 'me right now' type of attitude. I am 37 years-old, my son is in college and my daughter is in high school. I'm becoming okay with me. I can't live life as an artist or person being someone that someone else has tried to mold me into. I'm not going to put on a dress that's two sizes too small. I'm custom making my own clothes so that they'll never fit anyone else if you know what I mean.

Every time you come to the limit of what is demanded of you, you are faced with the same problem-to be yourself!

You have to always remember to be yourself.

Black eyeliner says 'You've been through stuff, you know things'.

I don't see the point in being a star - it takes a lot of energy to carry yourself off as being more perfect than somebody else. I'd rather just be available with all my weaknesses.