Mark Twain Quotes

Am I really cool? You're telling me I'm cool? Well, that's good to hear.

It feels nice to be loved, but let me tell you there are 10 times more better looking, stylish and talented guys than me. So there's no solid reason for me to be proud! I don't think I have done anything extraordinary to change people's lives.

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on.

I don't think I really have the respect that I think I deserve.

You sort of feel when you are given an award, you feel like, well then you have got to do something to deserve having been given the award. It worked differently with me cause I didn't feel that I had done enough.

I can't help feeling that I am not a very important person, and being treated like one gives me strange feelings.

Despite my career, so much of my life has been dictated by what I'm afraid of: fear that I am not talented. Fear that people will finally realize that I am a boring individual who doesn't have many ambitions beyond starting a family 'at a good time' in life.

It may be laid down as a general rule, that no woman who hath any great pretensions to admiration is ever well pleased in a company where she perceives herself to fill only the second place.

While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress.

I don't want awards. I am not saying this like it's a case of sour grapes. It isn't. I have been to a couple of award functions, and I soon realised that it doesn't give me the kick that it does to others.

Hollywood's built on insecurity. People are trying to prove things. And I probably have that. I probably do. Probably guilty of it, in a way.

I wish I could just relax sometimes and make some money, but I always feel like I have to prove some kind of big, profound point.

Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.

I've seen enough successful writers who no longer seem to care when they are recognized with an award, and I think that's just tragic.

I am still the same person doing the same science. Why are people so impressed when some academy in Sweden gives an award?

You know, people can't fall in love with me just because I'm good at what I do.

Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.

My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar.

I've never been one to chase awards or anything like that, to be honest.

I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.

I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.

For people to come to you and say, 'Would you like to be a part of our show?' after years of 'Please tell me I'm good enough,'... I can't tell you how wonderful it feels.

To get down to the quick of it, respect motivates me - not success.

Respect your success.