Ang Lee Quotes

Ever since I was a child, I have loved being the centre of attention, but similarly, I can't remember a time in my life that I haven't battled with all sorts of quandaries, fears and weaknesses.

Like anybody, you have moments when you question yourself and you're insecure.

I thought it was something peculiar to me. I thought I was abnormal.

Whenever we feel shame, it's a mark of some deep investment or deep internal struggle.

I've seen pictures of me, and I look mean and arrogant. That's how I felt on the inside. I think now, 'Is that really me?'

Personally, I've struggled with a lot of doubt in myself at times.

I'd never put much thought into writing an autobiography before, because while I have this public persona of being extremely confident, I also am extremely filled with self-doubt, worry and insecurity. This book came about because I was trying to sell another book, unsuccessfully, about health and wellness.

I think we all go through those moments of self-doubt.

Sometimes I think I'm the craziest person on the planet.

I think you're not a human being unless you have doubts and fears.

Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.

Earlier in my career, I was really tight, really together, and knew who I was and I was confident. I kind of feel in between now.

I realized that there was something internal that I could gain from pursuing this career as an actor. However, once I got into the business I just really abhorred what this career can drum up inside of a person.

I was terrible at interviews, lost in my own loss of identity and struggling at home as a wife and mother. It was a household that preferred me working, which threw me off completely.

Everything becomes so problematic because of basic faults: from a discontent with myself.

Throughout my life, I have grappled with my own identity, who I am. As a young child, I often felt ambivalent about myself, in fact, confused.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

If I'm honest I don't think the world would miss me if I never acted again.

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.

I am a woman who has my extreme vulnerable side and my baggage - and at times I feel extremely weak.

I had a series of mini-breakdowns where the public persona - this thing, this face, this person who writes this music... I would walk past that person in the mirror or listen to that person playing guitar and I didn't know who they were.

Because my career has gone so fast, I haven't been able to become confident.

I'm not great at talking about myself.

I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really.

I'm pretty sure I'm not at war with myself.