Steve Carell Quotes

Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual.

People often expect me to be something other than what I am.

I couldn't imagine living my life with another name.

When you have a lot of people telling you what you are and perceiving you in a certain way, it's difficult to find your own identity.

As we grow up, we're constantly defining ourselves. In my case: Caucasian, male, born in Iowa, live in Boston, Zen Buddhist, good at learning languages. With countless labels, I build up this creation I call my self.

How do we identify ourselves, and how do we settle into other people's expectations for our identity?

A man's name is not like a mantle which merely hangs about him...but a perfectly fitting garment, which, like the skin, has grown over him, at which one cannot rake and scrape without injuring the man himself.

I changed my name because it didn't fit with the way I saw myself.

In a way, you kind of get caught up in whatever image of yourself you think is out there.

I feel like a mirror reflecting back everyone's perception of me.

You think you know who you are, and then other people have these other ideas.

I don't want to live up to how people expect me to be.

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

How you define yourself is a major issue for young people and adults alike.

I don't think a name defines the core of who you are.

I think I see myself differently than most people see me.

I never felt like an Amanda.

Some people want to define themselves, and they should, as it's part of their identity. For me personally, I've never really had a label for myself.

I don't even know who I am. All I know is that I am the sibling, daughter, sister, the friend of somebody, and I need to know who I am outside of that.

I know what my identity is.

This is not me, WWE doesn't define who Ashley is.

In a sense who you are has always been a story that you told to yourself. Now your self is a story that you tell to others.

Because it's kind of great, being an idea that everybody likes. But I could never be the idea to myself, not all the way.

A creature who has spent his life creating one particular representation of his selfdom will die rather than become the antithesis of that representation

We hear a lot about identity theft when someone takes your wallet and pretends to be you and uses your credit cards. But the more serious identity theft is to get swallowed up in other people's definition of you.