Daily Inspiration Quote by Clea Duvall

Open-mindedness is supposed to be the virtue that fixes everything: be flexible, be curious, give people the benefit of the doubt. Duvall’s line punctures that self-help glow with a blunt, very contemporary fatigue. The first clause performs generosity - “I try” signals effort, not sanctimony - then the second clause lands like a sigh you can’t polish: “but I’m so tired.” The pivot isn’t a change of opinion so much as an admission of bandwidth. Tolerance costs energy, and she’s out.

“Mediocrity” is the tell. She’s not railing against evil or injustice; she’s exhausted by the endless middle: half-baked takes, rote performances, lazy ambition, the cultural beige that keeps getting rewarded. That makes the quote feel less like elitism and more like survival. In an attention economy where everyone is asked to applaud everything, calling something mediocre becomes almost transgressive. It’s a refusal to keep feeding the machine with polite approval.

Coming from an actress, the subtext sharpens. Entertainment industries run on consensus, networking, and cheerful diplomacy. Saying you’re tired of mediocrity hints at the private frustration behind public niceness: watching safer choices get greenlit, watching “fine” crowd out daring, watching craft get treated as optional. The open mind remains - she’s still willing to be surprised - but the patience for being underwhelmed is gone. That’s the emotional core: not cynicism for sport, but a boundary drawn against the exhausting expectation to pretend “adequate” is inspiring.