Quotes about Personal Growth

Maybe I'm a little more confident than I used to be, but not much.

I am not the world's most confident person.

You feel better about yourself when you do something with yourself. You also feel more confident.

I felt confident at 24, but I am a better driver now.

I've become more confident as I have got older. I care less what others think.

When an actor doesn't face a conflict, he loses confidence in himself. I always want to have a struggle because I believe it will help me accomplish more.

I think there's always a conflict within me about being comfortable and secure and then being an individual and fighting for what I want to be on an individual basis.

When you read something you have written, you have to confront some of the lies you have been telling yourself.

I have this concept about the circle of fear, it's like a ring of fire what you're afraid of is your boundaries in life and if you don't confront them you're in the centre of this circle of fire.

I think it's been confusing for people because I haven't had a linear career.

I just want to be a really good congressman. You should look at what you are today and be the very best you can.

Everybody needs to find their own path and the best way for themselves to connect to this world.

I want to challenge myself to see where my limit is and experiment with a lot of different films. A lot of artists from Asia focus too much on their Asian background. I don't want to let go of my background, but to be a success in the U.S., which is my goal, I realize I need to surround myself with American filmmakers and producers.

You always want to surround yourself with better people than you.

It's very difficult to be objective about yourself and your own circumstances, but one thing I do know about is that I grew up surrounded by storytellers.

We live surrounded by critics, so let them talk, let them criticize me as much as they want. Ultimately, that makes me a better player.

In Willesden I was surrounded by quite a few footballers, but a lot of them have fallen off, and that's not something I wanted to do.

I spend a lot of time unpacking the pain surrounding my addiction - both my own and the pain I caused other people.

My parents never forced things on my brother and me: not our faith, not our sports, not our friends. Yet they taught us about surrounding ourselves with the right people: the kind of people we want to be.

You have to invest in yourself and your surroundings.

The older I got, I started to realize more it's not necessarily that any of us are inherently bad or good; you just kind of carve your own way, and you are your experiences and your surroundings and what you grow up in.

When I'm interested in an aspect of someone's life, I want to ask about their experiences, their survival strategies, and what they do to keep their lives interesting.

I really believe that the more distractions and fixes I remove from my life, the better I'll feel about myself. The biggest of those is Depeche Mode. It's the one marriage that survived, but I'm not sure it works - for me, anyway. Jumping on a plane to go somewhere else and be told how wonderful I am doesn't feel good any more.

A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor.