Manny MUA Quotes

When I first started acting, everyone in my family did not want me to act.

My family didn't want me to be a musician, and therefore, they never helped out in my efforts.

My friends and family definitely helped me with the biggest obstacle in my life, which was just staying in L.A. long enough to really give it a shot.

I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.

I didn't come from a lot. I had a lot of love and support from my family, but as far as money and that type of thing, I didn't really have any of that. All I did was follow my dreams. If my fans take anything from me, I hope it would be that.

I was 20 years old, working as a roofer and a telemarketer and driving a taxi, just barely getting by. A friend of a friend suggested I try acting. I was like, 'Why? What am I going to do? Community theater?' But I took a class, and the teacher thought that I had potential, so I moved to Vancouver and started auditioning.

Each person holds so much power within themselves that needs to be let out. Sometimes they just need a little nudge, a little direction, a little support, a little coaching, and the greatest things can happen.

I tried piano, acting, and a bunch of things. My family let me do what I wanted to do; they made sure I had balance in my life because I was self-driven. Listen to your kid, encourage them, and make it fun.

Graduate school is a really supportive environment, but in a way, it was only when that support vanished that I flourished.

We get caught up in all the stress - 'Got to do this, is this the right thing for me to do?' - but what about the thing you want to do? That's what'll keep you young. It's empowering, not becoming a prisoner of some other person's idea of what you should be.

I learned from a very young age that if I pursued the things that truly excited me, that they would reward in more important ways, like happiness.

Follow your own passion - not your parents', not your teachers' - yours.

In the past, it weighed on me because nobody in my family is gay. I had no role models so I had to find my own way.

It is an honor and a privilege to be of service and support; however, I realize people are not putting their confidence in me. Instead, they are actually learning to trust themselves. My job is to affirm and support them in the process and teach them to do what I do when I need strength: I begin within.

Everything I've been through, everything I'm about to go through in my career and my life, if my family wasn't with me and didn't support me, it would be really tough.

Well, the biggest rival I had in my career was me.

The best thing about Berlin was that I got to be surrounded by people who pursue their ideas for themselves.

To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like. Give up doing the things that you do not like to do. You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.

I was never pushed into the industry. I was a very shy child. I was not one to perform for friends and family at every get-together.

You can't focus on other people's careers. Everybody is different.

I spent, whether consciously or unconsciously, most of my career trying to be something other than William F. Buckley's son.

For six years, I was really on my own and did not have a coach.

I almost had to exhaust myself at modeling before I could say, 'O.K., I'm ready for school.'

Don't focus on the negativity. Focus on the positivity and the people that want you to do well; then, do it for them and for yourself. Sometimes I do things for myself. Sometimes I do things for my family. Sometimes I do things for my friends.

At 25, I had lost my job due to the economy, and my family wanted me to become a policeman or firefighter, but I knew there were other things out there for me. I sent some pictures to New York City and a model agency called and said, 'Where have you been?'