Russ Quotes

Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you're doing. If you're not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.

Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to 'carry it off.'

Stay true to your own voice, and don't worry about needing to be liked or what anybody else thinks. Keep your eyes on your own paper.

Just staying true to yourself and staying true to your passion. Following your gut.

I care what people think, but that doesn't change what I say. I am who I am.

All I can tell you is that you cannot make choices in your own career, either career choices or choices when you're actually working as an actor, based on trying to downplay or live up to a comparison with somebody else. You just can't do that. You have to do your own work based on your own gut, your own instincts, and your own life.

I would say trust your own judgment and develop your own style that is true in your heart and don't be deterred from that. Just develop that something that's unique to you that you feel you can give. Be true to yourself, trust your own judgment; that's all.

My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.

My mother always taught me to wear clothes for myself and not to follow trends as trends will end!

You have got to decide, look, this is who I am; this is my best way to present myself, and I'm going to ride that horse to the finish line. Not everybody will like it, but that's OK.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

I don't have to carry myself as anybody that I'm not, and people picked up on it.

I don't follow what is in fashion now; I just listen to myself and what I like... I wait for the right occasion or see how I feel each day.

Nobody is going to believe what you're saying if you don't believe it yourself.

Do what you're happy with and not what you think whoever else is going to tell you about you 'acting a color.' You don't act at all. You just do what you think is best.

I know if I stay true to myself and stick to my guns, I will never fail myself.

So remember these two things: you are talented and you are original. Be sure of that. I say this because self-trust is one of the very most important things in writing.

Be yourself, know your power, have confidence in what you have to contribute.

You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can't.

Don’t wear what you question, wear what you think is right for you.

Approval isn’t necessary. It’s nice when you get it, but it’s not going to stop us from being who we are. I mean, if I’d have listened to approval, I’d never have made it one day onstage. But to be criticized, if there’s validity, as upset as you are, you can learn from it.

Be who you are and don't allow anyone to affect the confidence you have in your individuality.

Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.

Trusting yourself means living out what you already know to be true.