John Cassavetes Quotes

Call me Ildar! Call me Abra-ca-da-bra! My name is my name.

In this world one must have a name; it prevents confusion, even when it does not establish identity. Some, though, are known by numbers, which also seem inadequate distinctions.

There is tremendous life and personality in a name. It should be at least as agonized over as any character trait.

Drip is me. That's my signature.

I want my name to mean me.

Mother used to say it meant Christopher was a nice name because it was a story about being kind and helpful, but I do not want my name to mean a story about being kind and helpful. I want my name to mean me.

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.

My full name is E.G. Marshall. I am known by no other.

I don't want to lose my name because that's how I know myself. There is a legacy here.

My father is Emmit and my grandfather is Emmit, but I wanted something extra so I could separate my Emmitt from the rest of them. Even though on my birth certificate it has one T, I just added the extra T for me.

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

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

All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name.

I never felt like an Amanda.

What people think is their individual nature is just a bundle of thoughts, emotions, ideas, opinions, and prejudices. The world can do without this individuality.

Your individuality is the most valuable thing you have.

I don't think you need to sound like from where you're from. But I think there is something magical and powerful about encompassing something fully and singularly.

I couldn't bear to have people mispronounce my name. But the person I was was this person who was called Chloe.

You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style.

What's your name,' Coraline asked the cat. 'Look, I'm Coraline. Okay?' 'Cats don't have names,' it said. 'No?' said Coraline. 'No,' said the cat. 'Now you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don't need names.

I know I'm different, but I don't think about it.

It doesn't matter what your name is!

You cant reduce me to a set of influences.

My name is immaterial,' she said. That's a pretty name,' said Rincewind.

A name is so important. A surname connects you to your past, to your family. Even a given name has meaning - why did your parents pick that particular one?