Pete Burns Quotes

I am the least intimidating person. I think I would have done better in my career if I were a little more intimidating. Even the maid who comes to work for me once a week has found out that she can just trample over me... I'm a Cancer! We are not ferocious people.

There is a fine line between assertiveness and being relaxed.

I like tough relationships. I think relationships with conflict are good for you - you learn. But you can't listen too much. I have a strong point of view, and it's important that I fight for my ideas.

I'd like to be more assertive when it comes to confrontation. I'm fine on the pitch, but off the pitch, I'm a bit of a softy.

I can definitely be tough when pushed. In relationships, you have to take a stand for who you are and how you're willing to be treated.

You cannot let people come up in your face and stop you.

It's a difficult question of relations between people.

Photographers and people do try to take advantage of you. You just have to stand your ground and prove you're not an easy target.

This hook nose and crab meister attitude has gotten me every job I've ever had. And more divorces than I care to remember.

Ever since I was a kid, I've known I could talk to people.

I'm pretty good with not being afraid to just go up to people and introduce myself.

I've gotten better at not making people feel uncomfortable with my shyness.

It took me to be 33 to start to know how to fight.

Maybe almost 20 years ago, I was like, 'God, I need to be more direct.' And I found times that I could practice it when it was maybe not my family or friends or co-workers. It's a quality that's rarely disliked.

Knowing who I am as a player and working on my deficiencies, communication is something I try to pride myself on.

I will never let another man disrespect me. I don't care if we sparring or fighting.

I come across as quite aggressive and quite in people's faces and everything like that, but I know where to draw the line.

But I think that sensitivity is also a good counsellor when it comes to enforcing one's interests.

This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding ways to get along with people and tuning yourself in to the delicacy of the situation.

I don't work with people who ask me questions.

For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

A women knows how to keep quiet when she is in the right, whereas a man, when he is in the right, will keep on talking.

I've learned that I am allowed to say what I like and what I don't like. And I've learned that I have to be professional and not be everyone's best friend.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.

So it's mix and match. Hold your line when you really feel something you're saying is wonderful and you really want to get this point across and prove it to your partner by just throwing it into the tape and letting it speak for itself.