Quotes about Personal Growth

I'm generally competing with the ideal I have set for myself, and I've found that served me very well.

Ideally, when you play a character, she goes away with half of you, and you go away with half of her. And you learn something.

People don't necessarily identify me with doing adult things.

'I Am Number Four' is a great story about a guy who's trying to find his destiny and figure out who he is and his identity.

Carving out an identity for yourself is important so I'm trying to do that as well.

'Bigg Boss' has given me a lot. A new identity, emotional bonds and a person who I can go to as a friend.

I never had to battle for my identity.

But I'm not an idiot. At the end of the day, I've learned a lot.

I was like, 'I want to start a blog to get my ideas out and keep my brain working so in five years I'm not an idiot.'

Before 'Idol,' I was lost... Now, I've actually followed through with something. I am a better man for it!

I always knew I wanted to be involved in entertainment in some way. But I really can't say I'd be where I am now if I hadn't been on 'American Idol.'

There were a lot of challenges I had to face on 'American Idol' that helped me grow in a few different ways that I'll take forever with my career.

I grew up, and I'm getting the chance to make music with the people I idolized.

It's not fit work for an adult just dragging idols off the shelf. It's too easy.

I am a person who is usually chilled and I wanted to try out different roles to know if I could do it.

If I could change one thing about myself I'd be less highly strung. I find my sensibility quite high maintenance.

If I could borrow anything from Miley, it would be her stage confidence. For me, that's just going to come with time.

I think the 20-year-old me from that time, if I could have been managed under Jurgen Klopp, I'd have benefitted.

If I could go back and tell 13-year-old self that I would be on screen with Lisa Kudrow, spending my birthday on a ghost train in Blackpool with her, I would have been beside myself.

If I could just get better a little bit each year, then I did my job.

We've done as best a job as we can making it clear that I'm earning what I'm earning because of me and not because of who my father is. But at the same time, I'm not ignoring things that would be dumb to ignore, like people that I can know through him and experiences I can have through him and things that I can learn from him.

I needed to find my own worth and shake the image after having done 'Showgirls' at age 21.

I'm seventy-one now, so it's hard to imagine a dramatic change.

I grew up a lot by going to college. I was still really immature.