Outsider Status Quotes

Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.

I don't belong in the world. That's what it is. Something separates me from other people.

I'm an outsider by instinct.

When you feel that the way you interpret the world is fairly idiosyncratic, you can feel somewhat ostracized and lonely.

I think I became an entrepreneur because I have my way of doing business... to do that, you have to have your own company. But if you have your own company, you're an outsider in the Japanese business world. It's difficult. But that's life.

It really helps a comedian to be an outsider.

I don't think I'm mainstream. I think what I am is lots and lots of different cults. And when you get lots and lots of small groups who like you a lot, they add up to a big group without ever actually becoming mainstream.

One of the things that Ang brings to all of his projects is his deep sense of being a double exile, an outsider's outsider.

I've never been much for becoming a member of a group.

No, as much of an insider as I become, I will still always be an outsider. It's just the essence of me being who I am and doing what I do.

I don't really have any people in my life who aren't gypsies.

If you're doing something outside of dominant culture, there's not an easy place for you. You will have to do it yourself.

I've never been comfortable around groups of guys when it gets into the putting-down. My past being a kind of geek - it kind of turns into an attack on the weakest of the group.

Southern Appalachians have been ridiculed since the country began. In fiction, they're usually depicted in a cartoonish manner. The region is poor, and very suspicious of outsiders, so there's a sort of 'us versus them' situation. They're easy to poke fun at.

In high school, I never felt in with the in-crowd.

I have really never aligned myself with hipsterdom or coolness.

I'm probably the worst Silicon Valley insider ever. I don't hang out with Silicon Valley people.

I think being an outcast is what sort of strengthens the nerd movement, because you're isolated, so you have time.

Good scripts are difficult to come by in the industry, especially if you are an outsider.

I believe that both Obama and Trump would describe themselves as outsiders.

I think I gravitate towards characters who are slight outsiders.

I think there is something a little too self conscious about enjoying being an outsider.

I did 'Mala Noche' as a way to do something that was outside of the system, because I was outside of the system, and I deliberately chose material that Hollywood wouldn't touch in a million years.

In many ways, not fitting in has been a comedic asset and a comedic resource.

It kind of feels cool to be the outsider.