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Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist.

I guess if you take yourself seriously as an artist there starts either the problem or the beauty of doing good artwork.

Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It... keeps us honest.

It's really easy to project this whole ideology of what being an artiste is, and I'm just not down with intellectualizing it. I just think, if you feel like doing something, then do it.

For the life of me, I'll never understand how you can be an artist but not want people to understand who you are as a person.

I'm an artist, and the need to get inside myself and be creative and be other people is a part of who I am. I don't imagine I'll abandon that completely.

I don't call myself an artist. I act. That's what I do.

I think that, to be an artist, you have to have a big enough ego to believe that people out in the world want to see what you think is a good idea. And if you don't have that sense of ego, then the minute that idea goes into the world, self-doubt kicks in.

As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of second-guessing yourself based on the opinions of others.

It's such a weird self-confidence that an artist has - to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, 'I'm going to really work hard for it and give it and it's just going to matter to people.' You really have to believe it all on your own.