Leslie Caron Quotes

There's no reason to change what you are, but if you're not being you, then you need to acknowledge that.

Worthy or not, my life is my subject, and my subject is my life.

The thing that surprises me most is, you cannot change who you are.

If you can understand the inner life, then you can wear the uniform, the tattoos, or whatnot and realize that the things that are different about us become superficial.

Always be yourself. At the end of the day, that's all you've really got; when you strip everything down, that's all you've got, so always be yourself.

Everybody has their own way of tapping into their realness.

I don't know what else I would be if I wasn't me. I am not looking from the outside, looking back. I am who I am.

Being beautiful isn't everything... Sometimes it's interesting to show how you feel on the inside on the outside, just through expressing yourself.

People think I'm just sort of this P. T. Barnum, razzle-dazzle guy. They think I go out of my way to be outlandish and theatrical at the expense of having emotions. They don't get that there's another side to me, and I keep trying to show that other side.

I wanted to do things that I knew were going to be me.

I just want to be seen as what I am - just look beyond TV/social media, and you will see what kind of person I am.

Before you can be anything, you have to be yourself. That's the hardest thing to find.

You've got to be humble really to be yourself or to get a chance to be yourself.

Don't get confused with what people say you are, with who you know you are.

It's a hell of a responsibility to be yourself. It's much easier to be somebody else or nobody at all.

Be who you are, not who the world wants you to be.

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.

You've got to show the world who you are before it tells you. Otherwise you become victim to someone you're not.

But true individuality is more about being in tune with who you truly are, whether you're expressing yourself physically, mentally, or spiritually; individuality arises from living without fear of what other might think or say about you and without being swayed by their opinions, leaving you free to lead life without caring about judgments made by the outside world.

You've got to show your soul otherwise you're just a piece of equipment.

I can't not be who I am.

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?

I intend to be me. Whatever that is.

Your real feelings are inside you.

It is when I am working that the real me comes out - that is when I am the most real and honest.