Never give up too quickly, but know when to let go.
I'm one of those actors who is going to come in with 2,500 ideas. You can shoot down 2,499, but one of them you're going to like.
You go through these little phases and fads, and it never turns out the way you think it's going to turn out.
Find your own specific voice in filmmaking and go for it. Either people will get it or they won't and that's what it's all about.
You are either going to go through the pain of disappointment or discipline in your life. The latter makes the pain worth it.
My sister really drooled a lot when she was younger. For her wedding, I was going to get her one of those lace drool cups that go around the ears.
The biggest risk I've ever taken is going on American Idol and trying to be myself. I wasn't going to try too hard to conform, and I knew that it could possibly not work out.
I think probably, the makeup artists don't really know how long it's going to take until they really work with your face and they kind of mold it and build it as they're going along.
You stop planetary exploration, those people who do that extraordinary work are going to have to go do something else.
I am now going from a prison to a palace: I have finished my work, and am now going to receive my wages.
To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.
You can't really plan for how that training session or competition is going to go. You have to see what your horse is giving you to work with, and then you tailor all your training around that.
I have plenty of invitations to go places, lots to do. If I'm not working, I go to have my hair taken care of and work at needlepoint.
If I don't go to the gym and work out, I look like a bag of bones. I go three times a week usually and it's nearly all weights work to help with definition.
The Recovery Act is working, but it's going to continue to work. It's not over. A lot's going to happen this summer. And even after the summer, there's more to come with the act.
I have younger friends who don't work, and they aren't doing so well. My secret is to keep going, keep working.
After being let go from CBS and looking for a year for work, I will never catch myself complaining about being too busy.
If you go out there and your main purpose is to get a sponsor, then it's not gonna work. Just go out there and have fun. That's how I got sponsored.
I'm going to reach out to everybody, Democrat, Republican and independent. I'm going to work with all the people in the district, and whether they're an 'R' or a 'D' doesn't matter.
Women can go on marrying and pretending that their boyfriends and husbands are Mr. Darcy or some RomCom dream man. But where's that going to get 'em? Besides divorce court?
I was terrified of the Vietnam War when I was 13. I thought I was going. The draft was such an ominous thing, I felt as if it was going to trickle down to me.
