Benjamin Hoff Quotes

Never think you can separate who you are from what you're doing.

When I was younger, I felt pressure to become someone else once I became successful. But it's the intention of the work that's changed. I have fans now. I have a new purpose: to remind them that I am one of them, that we are one another. My consciousness has changed.

Find your purpose, find your voice.

You cannot be all things to all people. Be unique. Be different. Give to others what you want yourself. And do what you were made to do.

People will always try to find themselves and their place in the world.

If you don't embrace who you are and accept who you are, you won't be able to live a happy life.

I never had time to dream about being anyone else.

For me, life isn't about being recognized or having everyone know who I am. That's not why I'm here. To me, my foundation is the most important thing I do or have ever done. That's what my life is about.

Every character is asking: 'What's my place? Why am I here? I don't want the answer to be 'Just because.' You find your own purpose. Each finds the reason to be here and how to contribute.

We all need a firm sense of identity.

To find one's calling is perhaps not the easiest thing in the world, but probably the most important.

The obsessions we have are pretty much the same our whole lives. Mine are people, the human condition, life.

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.

What is interesting about me isn't that I am a mother, it is who I am. I love my family, but if I just talk to you about being a mother, it's boring. I am sorry, but it's reducing who I really am, and it's really boring.

I suppose my life has always been about pleasing people, making sure they're all right, doing the right thing. Then, suddenly, you have to face up to what you want and be honest about it.

Trying to give an individual a voice has always kind of been my mission in my life. As an actor, I've always seen that was something that needed to be done. You need to find that voice inside of you so that you can stand up and be who you really are.

If I had to give one piece of advice to incoming college freshmen, I'd say always be true to yourself.

You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.

Fighting for identity is something that is very much in my life.

I've always been searching. What am I going to do with all this - searching for that place where I could be me.

To get what you want out of life, all you can really do is find out who you are, and do that.

You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.

It took me 30 years to figure out who I really am, as a person, and who I want to surround myself with. I was very much the kind of person who would just meld in with whatever group I was near.

I'm accepting of who I am and how diverse I am and honoring that.

I can't tell you what your purpose is, that's got to come from you.