Michael Masser Quotes

I want to be fulfilled in myself, rather than try to follow exactly in my father's footsteps.

I wanted to have a personal life that I fully inhabited, not because I am such a great mom, but for me.

Have your own life before you become somebody's wife.

Even though you're married, you're still individuals. You still have to grow and nurture your individuality.

I want an identity outside of my work.

Don't depend on a guy for your happiness. You have to live your own life and do your own thing. That's when good things come around - when you do your own thing and you're not worried about a man. It will happen in due time.

You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself.

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.

It's just about keeping people who are close to me, near. It's important to have people around who love themselves, are true to themselves, who have their own hobbies and their world doesn't revolve around Hollywood.

When I was younger, all I cared about was what people thought of me and my films. Now I care less about catering, hand-serving, hand-feeding the audience. I've gotten to the point now in my life where I'm serving myself.

Everyone is different, and each has to create his or her own path, irrespective of who their parents are.

I don't think I constantly have to be on a promotional spree or be seen in the newspapers every day or even be part of social parties and film gangs. I'm having my own set of journey, and I am happy with it because I don't want to be like everybody.

I've always wanted to be my own person. Even when I was 'Noah who rode horses,' I wanted to be Noah Cyrus, not anyone else or a family member.

Whatever you want that others in your life can't give you, ask yourself how you can give it to yourself.

Figure out who you are separate from your family, and the man or woman you're in a relationship with. Find who you are in this world and what you need to feel good alone. I think that's the most important thing in life. Find a sense of self because with that, you can do anything else.

And yet I know I am too young, that we're too young, for me to live my life only as it relates to you. If you had asked me to marry you the night you first told me about your acceptance, I would have embraced Princeton as part of a larger plan that involved me. I probably would have reacted differently. I might even had said yes. Alas, you didn't ask me then. You made plans for your future without me in mind, And that's okay. But how can you now ask me to arrange my life around you?

Live for yourself... there's no one else more worth living for...

All my life I've thought I needed someone to complete me, now I know I need to belong to myself.

The strongest lesson I can teach my son is the same lesson I teach my daughter: how to be who he wishes to be for himself.

It's important to have people around who love themselves, are true to themselves, who have their own hobbies and their world doesn't revolve around Hollywood. I can always go to my family with any doubts or questions I may have.

Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.

Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.

I've done a lot of collaboration over the years, but right now I'm enjoying writing by myself and just being me again for a while.

I love my father, but I have worked to develop a separate and distinct identity in different projects I have worked on.

I love working alone. Crave it, in fact. I feel truly alive then.