Richelle Mead Quotes

When I direct and have to look at filmed scenes of myself, I suck.

It's a little dangerous for me to get outside myself and think about how I want people to see me.

I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.

There's a discrepancy between what you think you are and what other people think you are.

Approaching a part or thinking about taking a part, I never think, 'Is that person like me?'

At least when you're acting you can be someone. In front of the camera you have to be yourself. And who am I?

We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.

I don't think the way I look at myself has changed.

I've been cast as myself so many times, I guess I should catch on and figure out if it's a compliment.

I think I see myself differently than most people see me.

Unfortunately, at the end of the day, when you watch yourself on the screen, you are always you.

You're not such a dog as you think you are.

Often, others see you, as you see yourself

A man's worth is what he is divided by what he thinks he is.

I think I'm a pretty cliché actor in that I hate watching myself on film. I don't know why it should be humbling to see yourself on film.

It's hard to judge yourself. Each Essence cover represents a different special moment in my life. One is about keeping it sexy in my 40s, so I'm not mad about that either.

I am not a monster. I'm not all bad. Maybe 10 percent. I think I'm 90 percent good.

You know, most people really don't know me.

It's difficult to see yourself up on screen without being a critic.

I, uh, don't think I'm, y'know, so different than your average, y'know, average.

I don't cast somebody that I think is like my younger self.

When I watch myself on TV, it's impossible not to say, 'Is that really what my neck looks like?'

Looking in the mirror is very strange; we see only what we choose to see, good or bad.

Normally I sit there in the films really hating watching myself. Loving watching the films, hating watching myself.

When I watch myself on camera, in any capacity - being interviewed, performing, 20 years ago or yesterday - there's a part of me that really doesn't grasp that it's me.