You've got to be actively involved in the process yourself and you've got to listen carefully to what the coach is saying, take that on board yourself and implement what the coach is saying.
You don’t learn about yourself by being alone, you learn about yourself from other people.
I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.
I think pop culture underestimates people. The message is, 'Being yourself is the worst thing you could possibly be.' But people are still attracted to it.
One of the hardest things about directing is just to be patient and remind yourself that you've been in Week 1 of a rehearsal process yourself, and you know what it feels like.
Part of the philosophy of 'The Dice Man' is that you have got to be laughing at yourself at every moment and be free of yourself at every moment.
I was saying earlier that it's really strange - you can almost step outside yourself and observe yourself running, and that's what I was doing.
And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you.
It's just better to be yourself than to try to be some version of what you think the other person wants.
The most important aspect of leading is knowing oneself. Know yourself, know the people around you, and then get on with it.
I think the only way you can really grow is if you push yourself and put yourself in uncomfortable positions and doing things that you're not used to; it's exciting.
Just be yourself. Let people see the real, imperfect, flawed, quirky, weird, beautiful, magical person that your are.
If you keep on saying a single thing to yourself, you are likely to attract it to yourself, dreaming it always, then in a twinkle of an eye, it comes to you.
Believe in yourself. Under-confidence leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy that you are not good enough for your work.
Everything's the same; I'm living with cancer and it's not going to stop me. But until you really test yourself and challenge yourself, I don't think you quite know.
Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way
Ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect
My advice is don't keep asking yourself if you can do something. Just get out there and do it. You can really surprise yourself.
Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you. Pick people who are interested in what you're interested in.
Sometimes you need to take a break from everyone and spend time alone, to experience, appreciate and love yourself.
It's difficult to not be able to just be yourself without criticism in any position, whether you're in high school, college, or this industry.
