Marie Dressler Quotes

When you're waking up every day, and it's all about you, I don't consider that to be a way to live your life if you can help it. I think people who know me know that I find time to enjoy myself and not take life - or myself - too seriously at all.

You can't take yourself too seriously.

You can't take yourself too seriously with anything.

Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.

I don't want to take myself too seriously. That's my lesson to myself.

Take your work seriously and yourself lightly.

I don't think it's healthy to take yourself too seriously.

There is no point in taking yourself too seriously.

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.

Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.

Balance in life is the key, as Aristotle taught us. Nobody likes a naive Pollyanna, but neither do we like to be around people who are constantly complaining and finding fault.

Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.

I've never taken myself too seriously.

Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer.

Actually, I think it's quite sensible not to take yourself too seriously.

I don't take myself too seriously. I think that's something so many actors and people in general tend to do.

A good lesson in keeping your perspective is: Take your job seriously but don't take yourself seriously.

If you're always strict with yourself, life gets miserable. And we're supposed to enjoy life.

Every day, I work at not taking this fame thing seriously. Fortunately, I have a great group of friends who help me do this.

I simply take serious issues seriously, but I do not take myself seriously.

You're never as good as people say you are and you're never as bad as people say you are. You're always in the middle at some stage.

Let's take fashion seriously, but not ourselves so seriously. Or reverse that, maybe don't take fashion so seriously, but take yourself seriously. Actually, don't take yourself seriously, that's for sure. So, yeah, take fashion seriously, just not yourself.

It's easy for me to stay grounded because I know I am just a girl, a mother, a daughter, a lover... a normal person who was lucky enough to do this job, and I know it's my job - not the person I am.

I think we all get a bit bogged down in our lives and our own careers and we have to take a step back and get a sense of proportion and perspective on things.

People who have a sense of peace that their priorities are in the right place also have a sense of humility and a realistic view on life.