Of course quality is important but is it not the quality of an individual's originality that is most important?
Of course, people told me, 'Mikey, you will never be an actor. You don't have the look. You're ugly. '
I always say YCDA: you can do anything. If you want to be a successful actor, you have to believe in yourself more than anything else, and dont let anybody tell you that you cannot do it because you can.
When something happens, we always say it happens for a reason.
Know what you want to do, because if you don't know what you want to do, you'll get stuck.
The person that's always talkin', you don't have to worry about that person. The person that while you're in his face, he's just lookin' at you with a smile on his face, that's the guy you worry about.
Always wake up with a smile on your face, because a lot of people who went to sleep last night are not with us this morning.
I can only tell you one thing that I do know for sure, I am a dreamer. There are not many people that will recognize or want to recognize the fact that they are dreamers in their own life. . . I continue to get up in the morning,enthusiastically, and go pick up a golf club with a thought that I can somewhere find that secret to making the cut. That's just an example, but it applies to other things in life, too, and that's the way I live and the way I think and the way I feel.
When you have that window of opportunity called a crisis, move as quickly as you can, get as much done as you can. There's a momentum for change that's very compelling.
Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness.
The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.