What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.
I feel like the need to want to create and make something is stronger than the difficulties are going through.
I try to live my life in such a way that I don't have any regrets. That's probably why I work so much. I don't want to feel I missed something important.
For me, acting is torturous, and it's torturous because you know it's a beautiful thing. I was young once, and I said, that's beautiful and I want that. Wanting it is easy, but trying to be great - well, that's absolutely torturous.
To act well isn't an easy thing.
Vanity is something that will only get in the way of doing your best work, and ultimately if you're truly vain you care more about your work than how you look in your work. I actually consider myself a pretty vain guy when it comes to that.
My mother's a staunch feminist, so I grew up with very strong feminist messages. As a result, I battled her in my teenage years because my image of being a man was a deformed one.
He looked at their shabby clothes in puzzlement. “We were traveling anonymously for safety—” explained the magus. “But surely—” “—and then we were robbed on the road. ” “Ah,” said the king, “the danger in being anonymous.
Look at it this way: if winning wasn't so hard, it wouldn't feel so good.
The silence between the notes is the good part for me. I find that to be a very important part of music that is often lacking.
When you are in difficulties, look upon the overcoming of them as a great adventure.