Embeth Davidtz Quotes

You know how there are some stars out there who know how to market themselves? I don't have that.

I'm the worst person to ask about how to get noticed. It took me 25 years.

I did decide that you have to put your name about a bit, and so, although I would have preferred to have never done publicity or an interview or a fashion shoot for a magazine or a chat show.

Everybody these days wants to be a star, including myself. Don't get me wrong, I'm a chef but you want to market yourself and your projects.

I guess I'm about ready to promote myself in a more human way. I don't feel quite so insecure.

As an artist, it is great to be able to market yourself to people who don't know you, and people who do.

The thing to strive for is to get paid to talk about yourself.

Image is the most important thing about someone's career and longevity.

Any article's good. Long as it's publicity, I think that's all that matters. I think it's advancement for my career.

If you wish in this world to advance/Your merits you're bound to enhance;/You must stir it and stump it, /And blow your own trumpet, Or, trust me, you haven't a chance.

He in Washington who does not toot his own horn may find it untooted.

I have never been attracted to increasing my popularity or hireability by being on Instagram.

Submitting myself for awards feels like a weird kind of horn-blowing that's not comfortable for me. I'm really happy when someone likes my work, but I don't like marketing myself, putting myself on display.

My job is to put myself out there. It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.

You always have to avoid working for the sake of putting yourself out there.

I still feel there are much smarter self-promoters out there than me. I am very methodical about my messaging, and I know how to gain attention very quickly. David Blaine is an example of someone who's better at self-promoting than me. He is much better than I am.

I never really marketed myself, so each job I was given was a new marketing tool, and that would be the way I marketed myself.

There was a time when self-promotion was considered so verboten, especially for authors.

It's not only about the rap lyric. Today, people are buying you as a person.

My name is out there right now. I'm creative and innovative. I should capitalize on it.

Self-promotion has never been a point, and I'm incredibly inept at self-promotion.

He works his business and manipulates and keeps himself in front of the world.

Some people are really good at maneuvering their careers and images and I'm not one of those people.

I'm a walking billboard. That's my pleasure.

Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: Me, Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer for the brand called You.