Julian Barnes Quotes

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

Over a long period of time, living as if you were someone else is no fun.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

I cannot say this too strongly: Do not compare yourselves to others. Be true to who you are, and continue to learn with all your might.

No matter where you go, you are what you are playa.

There is a part of me that is desperately wanting to not necessarily be this cute, endearing, heart-on-his-sleeve type of character that just wants to be liked.

Maybe I’m a human, but I’m a me-and-Ma as well.

Fundamentally, you can never be someone else. You can only be less of who you are.

I have never regarded myself as this or that. I have been too busy being myself to bother about regarding myself.

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

I think Zippy is part of me, but I'm not Zippy.

I think that more and more there's a sense that the best performances I can give are the ones that are the truest to who I am. The further I move away from who I am, the worse they are.

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

Because for whatever reason, even though I want to stay home all the time and be left alone, I want to tell the world who I am now.

I'd like people to understand that I do have some personality.

If I had to give one piece of advice to incoming college freshmen, I'd say always be true to yourself.

I know who I am by now. And I am my own brand.

At least when you're acting you can be someone. In front of the camera you have to be yourself. And who am I?

You don't realize how much a part of your character is part of yourself until you are no longer playing that character.

Be yourself. I had this three-week period where I wore this straw fedora. I thought it was what chicks wanted. And then it dawned on me that I was trying to be something that I wasn't, so I took the fedora off. So be yourself.

Yeah, it's nice to look up to people, but the more you try to be somebody else, the less you are of yourself.

I've never, ever labeled myself.

I decided a long time ago to be myself and not worry too much about cultivating some kind of personality that didn't feel natural or true to who I am.

Hima is Hima only. I haven't changed.

I am who I am. I'm unique. I'm my own self.