Hearing loss very often is such a gradual phenomenon that the person is in denial. You really have to be patient with them in getting them to come forward to get help.
Once you've been somebody, really, you have a career and you're a nobody anymore, and you're getting older, you're living what's called a state of shame.
A parent can seem very kind and gentle, but as any child knows, as soon as that parent gets stressed, they can suddenly turn and get a bit angry.
Getting older is a struggle. I always feel that just under the surface of acceptance and enjoyment of the ageing process is a terrible hysteria just waiting to burst out.
When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.
I didn't plan to act, but I'm glad I'm doing it - and I just want to keep getting better.
What I learned very quickly is that if you get it right in the first two or three takes, it's not going to get that much better.
Love is like a booger, you pick and pick at it. Then when you get it you wonder how to get rid of it.
Leadership is a greater change process. It means getting to lead all those who told you that you will never get too far." neculaifantanaru . com
You don't get explanations in real life. You just get moments that are absolutely, utterly, inexplicably odd.
I get to choose things that interest me as opposed to trying to get any job that will have me, which for a vast majority of actors is the case.
In Australian culture, people are just more laid back, people aren't as serious, they just take their time with things. It's just like, whatever, if I don't get it done I don't get it done.
If you develop a product that gets what the customer is trying to get done, you don't have to advertise; people will just pull it into their lives.
I'm trying to get hold of them... the trouble is a lot of the companies that recorded and produced the albums went bust, so I don't know where to get the masters.
In case you never get a second chance: don't be afraid!" "And what if you do get a second chance?" "You take it!
I hired a personal trainer to help me lose 25 pounds and get from obese to fat. My next step will be to get from fat to chubby.
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.
Each year I host a leadership summit in my district, and my biggest advice to young people is get experience. Get your foot in the door.
The Bible says not to worry so I don't. I just get up in the morning and ask God for help to get through the day. If tomorrow shows up then I'll take the same shot tomorrow.
There are no wishy-washy astronauts. You don't get up there by being uncaring and blase. And whatever gave you the sense of tenacity and purpose to get that far in life is absolutely reaffirmed and deepened by the experience itself.
The wonderful thing about acting is you move along with your decade. The older you get, the more interesting the parts you get to play and you bring more of your personal experience to the part.
