Real samadhi is off the game board, friends. It is not something you are even aware of.
I don't need to be crazy rich and crazy famous. I would just like to keep going.
There are problems everywhere, of course, but you can only see those certain problems when you reach a certain level. So I try to think of those problems as, "This is a sign that I'm having success, that I'm also having issues with this. "
Sometimes the characters that I'm most resistant to are the ones that I find the most satisfying to play, because you have to dig deeper and you have to find different parts of yourself that are not necessarily the first thing you access and that's fun and interesting.
You have to find something you relate to in every character.
Being an actor is definitely not the hardest job in the world - it's definitely a first-world problem to have, but I'm not very good with rejection. I constantly question whether or not I'm suited for this business, because it is your job to get rejected.
The reason actors are assholes is because they don't eat.
In drawing, nothing is better than the first attempt.
Often you will find the opposite situation. The author seems to have interesting ideas, but he is not able to illustrate them with decent examples. If a grandmaster is commenting on one of his own games, then there is usually not any problem: his general thoughts are closely tied up with what is happening on the board. But as soon as he starts writing an article or book on a different theme the difficulties begin, as he may not have suitable material to hand.
A good country song taps into strong undercurrents of family, faith, and patriotism.
Your experience will be a lesson to all of us men to be careful not to marry ladies in very high positions.