Brie Larson Quotes

I do interviews and signings and readings and all of these people just hang off my every word. And then I go home and have dinner with my family and nobody lets me get a word in.

The press keep asking me, 'What was your biggest mistake?' But if I had made a big mistake, they'd all be writing about it, wouldn't they?

I haven't watched anything I've been in since I've done it. I have never put in a movie at home that I've been in. Why? I don't know. I would feel like Norma Desmond. And I have a kid, so time is at a premium.

Certainly in the case of 'Kill Your Friends,' a book I wrote more than 10 years ago, I routinely meet interviewers who appear to know the book better than I do. But still, you have to talk about it.

You're in front of an audience and thinking off the top of your head - you're going to say things that offend people sometimes. Sometimes I'll be driving home, and I'll be like, 'Oh, crap, I shouldn't have said that.'

I don't know any people that like watching themselves. I prefer not to.

When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly.

Television forces people to be larger than life. I would be too shy.

Still when I go on talk shows, I worry that I have to live up to a comedic persona.

I think any branding for me is band-related. It's really weird to get used to the exposure, because I am a naturally introverted person, and I'm not exactly social. Occasionally I can get comfortable enough to talk, but I spend a lot of my days not talking, especially when I'm at home and not on tour.

I find that talking about myself is often the most boring thing in the world. Sixty per cent of interviews I find mechanical.

I can't stand watching myself on TV.

I don't like seeing myself on screen. Whenever I see or hear myself, I think, 'What is that eejet doing now?' I'm in the wrong business. I don't like the limelight.

I, of course, am not influenced by the television cameras, but some members are.

You can make the First Lady's job whatever you want it to be. To some women the job is more involved with the entertaining. They feel at home doing the things at home.

It's nice being able to speak for myself. Every interview I did for so many years and every time I was in front of the camera, pre-Twitter, there was no way for me to speak for myself. Every interview started with, 'What was it like to work for this man?'

I'm very shy about seeing my own face on the screen.

I don't particularly love watching myself on camera.

I'm really not comfortable doing interviews in a group, in press conferences. One-on-one, I'm all right, but those press conferences at the All-Star Game, I just don't... I feel better when I'm by myself.

Honestly, I hate watching myself on TV - I have always hated watching myself and listening to myself.

I find it very, very difficult to watch myself on TV.

I don't really think about the fact that a lot of people are watching 'DSDS' or about the way I should phrase my sentences.

When you're an artist, you're expected to describe yourself in interviews every day in five words.

Being in front of the cameras is not my favorite thing to do. But it's a good problem to have.

Except for a few episodes, I have not watched any of my shows. I don't think I like to watch myself on TV. I get very critical about what I am saying.