That's one of the great things about acting - you get to pretend you're somebody else, which is great if you get bored with yourself.
I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process.
I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more.
To this day, I don't like people walking on stage not looking good. You have to look good. If you feel special about yourself then you're going to play special.
Knowing that I'm not a model and I'm never going to be has relieved me of the pressure of looking good. If you don't establish yourself as McDreamy then you don't have to live up to it.
My advice to young wrestlers is that your surroundings really make a difference. You want to put yourself in good, positive surroundings.
I think I had really good parents. I got really lucky. They said, 'You're a woman; enjoy yourself and believe that you can do things.'
If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure. It transcends all barriers.
I think it's good to have pressure on yourself. The worst crime is to get kind of really complacent.
If you lose, it hurts, but as long as you have fought hard, you can still feel good about yourself.
A good plate of sushi after an opening helps to soothe that post-opening blues - especially since you feel like raw meat yourself.
When I started out as an actor I knew very little, which was probably a good thing. I was totally open. You don't judge yourself, you do it.
If you can make yourself symmetrical, you're sending out a sign that you've got good genes, you've got a good upbringing and therefore you'll make a good mate.
If a great outfit gets you one step closer to feeling good about yourself, then it's worth every penny.
I don't think there's anybody in this world who should be required to make you feel good about yourself. Be happy on your own.
Number four, we're going to play like winners, play the game the way it's meant to be played. Don't get full of yourself if something good happens. Don't get too depressed when something bad happens.
It's a good giggle to look back at yourself in your 20s. You thought you were so fierce and fabulous, and it's just embarrassing.
When you're a producer and an artist you're very critical of yourself. I like to produce other people, but I'm not that good at producing myself.
Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.
To know that every moment - regardless of how it comes wrapped - is a gift greater than you can give yourself, is to be well on your way to a life without fear.
Never fear a job, always respect it, and always leave yourself a hind door to escape. May your hind door always be open.
