Geraldine Page Quotes

I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.

I think I'm a living embodiment of, 'Don't try to push me around or squash me,' whether its how I talk to a record label or in my relationships.

I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.

I just don't feel like I have to explain myself.

I don't need anybody to tell me how to be alive.

You can't live your life trying to please people. You be courteous and you be respectful, but you've got to do things in the way that you want to do them.

What I say goes. I'm hitting shots that I want to hit. I'm doing the things that I want to do. I play it my way.

I don't need anyone to validate me.

I'm going to stand up for what I need to do, not what everybody else wants me to do.

If you live your life on your own terms, you might find that people actually give you more respect.

I have always had a bee in my bonnet about being seen to do things for myself.

Some people have tried to change me and tell me what to do, but I haven't done it, and it's worked for me.

I don't allow people's outlook on me dictate what I do in my life and how I live my life.

You're not going to scare me into being somebody I don't want to be.

I don't have to explain myself to nobody. Nobody. I don't.

Why would I care what other people are thinking? I don't care what an audience thinks of me.

Bending over backwards does not bring you the love and attention you crave, but having your own life, your own goals and a backbone will.

I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the headline: If you're insecure, don't call.

No man bosses me around, and no man ever will.

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.

So many people always try to help me carry my luggage and help me do things I can do myself. If I can do it myself, I'm going to do it myself. I'm not going to let other people do it for me, and I think that's a big part of where I came from. I'm not a real prissy girl.

I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.

I've learned not to let people judge me in how I want to live my life. Every single woman is an individual, and there's no one path. You just have to take the path that you think is right for you.

I'm not a downtrodden woman. I just won't be.

If you are confident in yourself and however you want yourself to be presented, and you're doing well and doing it because you want to do it and not because someone is pressuring you, then more power to you.