Nicolas Anelka Quotes

I've had the longest mid-life crisis ever.

I had a series of mini-breakdowns where the public persona - this thing, this face, this person who writes this music... I would walk past that person in the mirror or listen to that person playing guitar and I didn't know who they were.

I totally relate to Tom Cruise. He's not crazy, it's just the litany of the mid-life crisis.

I have become a different person. I don't know whether this person is better, he certainly is not happier.

After wrestling with myself for six months, I began medical treatment. During that time I started a band with some friends of mine called Jack's Car, but that didn't last.

I thought it was something peculiar to me. I thought I was abnormal.

There was a time where I was really confused about who I was and what I was doing, and I was just kind of depressed.

Ages 18 to 22 is such a hard transition, everyone's depressed.

My protagonists have problems that a new pair of shoes won't solve. Retail therapy is not a bad thing, but it's not going to fix their lives.

You are taught about puberty and the menopause and how tough they can be, but a quarter-life crisis, you're not prepared for.

Sometimes I'm not into being a human.

For me, I think one of the biggest battles is mentally. You have good days, and you have bad days. Randomly, you'll feel good for weeks, and then all of a sudden, you'll have a bad day where you're really sore. And you end up questioning yourself, like, 'Am I doing the right thing? Why is this so hard?'

When I was on the 'Knock Madness' tour, I was just thinking about life; I started questioning God. I was praying a lot. I was just really emotional. I was going through a break up situation as well. And I just felt like I needed to be home. I was over the rap thing. I just felt like I wasn't getting the respect and credit that I deserve.

There's a lot of insecurities and I think that's being human. There's highs and lows and it's about navigating through that.

I'm too neurotic to be a therapist.

I hit this point - I guess you'd say an end of a chapter - where I felt like I kind of did everything. I wasn't interested in music. It was a really strange feeling, and needless to say, it freaked me out a little bit. I really started to go inward and say, 'Hey, what is this about?'

Everyone can have a bad period in their life, but we are famous; we have a lot of things. Sometimes people think we are not human, with no feelings, with no problems.

I had opportunities in other countries - I never thought about England and Leeds United.

It's in me to get steaming and to think too much, worry too much about the future, the past.

Anybody who's dealt with addiction and depression knows that sometimes they can make you forget who you are and kind of bring out a different person, somebody you don't know as well.

I am such a desperate man headed into a midlife crisis.

The trouble is, I just don't know if I'm too human or not human enough.

I thought I was depressed because I wasn't a writer/director. I moved into a space where I'm a writer/director, my movie is a hit at Sundance, I have a wonderful, loving boyfriend, and wow, I have financial stability. Why can't I get out of bed still?

I do not see myself returning to Ligue 1. I love the Premier League. I like my life in England.

I wind up playing these characters a lot: They have self-esteem issues, or they're going through a lot as a young adult.