Refusing to Compromise Quotes

I didn't think I was going to change the world for women; I just did what I did. My big thing was that I didn't change who and what I was to become successful. I will not be told what to do; I'm a real independent girl.

Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish.

Like Dilip Kumar, I've never run after money but only after good roles and that's why have always rebelled against those directors who wanted me to do buffoonery in the name of comedy.

I'm damn successful but I got here by not taking crap. I still don't take crap, so if anybody needs a champion, let it be me.

It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible.

Never settle for anything less than you want.

I don't settle. That's how I am.

I don't care about image and all that nonsense. I'm in sweat pants every day. I don't play the game at all.

Being true to yourself means living in truth with each person in your life. It means refusing to say or do something that you don't believe is right. Living in truth with other people means that you refuse to stay in any situation where you are unhappy with the behavior of another person. You refuse to tolerate it. You refuse to compromise.

I'd rather shut myself in a room for six months than act in a bad movie.

If my doing the right thing will cost me my seat, they can take this job and shove it.

I swore I would never do a reality show. I've been offered them for years and years because our family life is a little crazy - I will admit to that. Definitely not the conventional mom or family - or anything, for that matter.

I'm not prepared to give up the truth for popularity.

I did not try to conform to anybody's ideal of what a Latin celebrity or movie star should be. I took a lot of hits for it.

I can’t accept it. It may cost me the election, but I’m still not going to sign it.

I am an outsider. I was never offered the kind of roles where I could play the glamorous diva, because there are already so many of them doing it - and doing it well. So I had to bring to the table much more than just looking good.

That's one reason I retired as a sergeant and not at a higher rank... I refused to 'play the game' the way the bosses wanted the game played. It is a decision that has cost me money in retirement pay but one that I have never regretted.

When I was 16, I definitely burned a couple of bridges by saying, 'I won't do this!' I was not diplomatic about it. I came to a fitting and was like, 'I don't wear fur; cancel this show!'

We've shown people that you don't have to be taken for granted. You don't have to settle for less!