O. T. Fagbenle Quotes

I am a human being, with feelings and emotions and scars and flaws, just like anyone else.

The thing that inspires me most is empathizing with people's flaws and seeing how they deal with them. That sort of connection you feel with someone when you realize that maybe even the negative things that they've said or done are because of insecurities or injuries they've endured.

We all can relate to people's weaknesses. We might put up a facade that everything is perfect but none of us are. When we see that weakness in somebody else, we understand or give ourselves a little bit of leeway.

The irony of what I do is that the more you reveal someone in their frailties and shortcomings, the more we feel drawn to them and forgiving we feel of them.

Honestly, I am human. I make mistakes.

I'm human. I make mistakes.

I guess you could say that no matter what the characters are enduring, I try to make them retain their humanity. Their self-absorbed, grouchy, selfish, aggravating humanity.

People are people, and they want to know about their own experiences.

I'm human; that's what people don't realize.

Never underestimate the capacity of another human being to have exactly the same shortcomings you have.

I had discovered that I'm much less special than I thought I am. So whatever I find true for myself, other people might also relate to.

I think you become more relatable when you're vulnerable.

I'm very human.

I have my flaws and my issues, past and present and who knows what will happen in the future. I want people to know I'm vulnerable too and each one of us is.

I understand the common man because I understand me in that regard at least.

You want people - I want people to relate to me as a character. I want them to go, 'That could have been me,' or, 'I know someone like that.'

I think people found out I'm just like anybody else. I've got problems, too.

A lot of the albums that I've been really into are like, 'Oh man. That doesn't make him look like a perfect human. That actually shows his warts and his scars, and for some reason, I'm super drawn to him now because he shared that or she shared that with me.'

The more you allow yourself to be vulnerable, the more people will be able to relate and learn from you, because we're all human.

Just like everyone else, I'm not perfect; I go through challenges as well.

I've been honest with a lot of the problems I've had in life. Everybody has problems. They can relate to that.

I'm a big fan of honesty and being real, so to me, it seemed like Wynonna was a very human character in a very supernatural circumstance. I was like, 'I can do that!'

I know when I listen to people speak and they share their weaknesses, I'm listening, because I can resonate.

I'm trying to use myself and my own flawedness as a metaphor for general human experience. I'm trying to 'stand next to' a subject, whether it's Bobby Knight or Vince Carter, and use that subject to meditate on both him and me.

I'm trying to show people that I'm a person, and I deal with the same things as you guys, and I'm trying to make the best of it.