Wayne Rogers Quotes

I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no depth, no intelligence.

Books are not brands. Some people are very willing to see themselves as a brand, but you can't be a certain type of writer to a certain type of person all the time. It will kill you.

I don't want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself. I want to avoid becoming too styled and too 'done' and too generic. You see people as they go through their career, and they just become more and more like everyone else.

I can't think of anything worse, really, than to try to live up to someone else's expectations of what you should be. You don't make art by consensus.

People will always try to change you. They will always want you to be who they want you to be. That's fine because I'll always be exactly who I want to be.

I've learnt that I've had the best results from just trying to be me, trying to make a movie or TV show I want to see or write a script I want to read, and that's really all I can offer - being authentic.

Write what you think is good, is the whole of the law.

No one should part with their individuality and become that of another.

I try to please myself. I don't try to anticipate what people want to see.

I want to be remembered as somebody that tried to respect her integrity as an artist and as a person. And I don't want to be in any box. I don't want to be one thing.

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.

I never said to be like me, I say to be like you and make a difference.

Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what no other can exactly be, and do what no other can exactly do.

Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn't mean only artistic creativity, although that's part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people.

The real story is that I am very free, that I've managed to be who I wanted to be without compromising.

I don't want to be the next anyone. I just want to be me, now. And that means all different things.

Everybody has the right to be who they choose to be.

Stand up for yourself and fight for your right to be the artist that you want to be. There's plenty of pressure from outside; people tell you how to dress and how to sing or what to sing, but I always felt like if I'm going to fail or succeed, I want to do it on my own terms.

I've always rooted on kids that do what they want to do and are being who they want to be.

I'm part of a generation that's saying, 'I don't want to do just one thing, and I'm going to do things the way I want.'

Everyone is different, and so I don't want to repeat anyone else's career. I want to do mine.

I've tried not to get too bogged down by what people want you to be.

What I would tell everyone is don't lose your sense of individuality.

I don't feel I have to be Jackson Browne. Still, I like to say something.

I just look to be myself. I'm not trying to be nobody. I'm just trying to be the first Zion.