There is no greater fortune than having few concerns, no greater misfortune than having many worries. Only those who have suffered over their concerns know the blessing of having few concerns. Only those who have calmed their minds know the misfortune of having many worries.
It's okay not to know everything; that would have calmed me down.
I waved my hand in front of my face, obi-wan style. "I am not here. " Niall's mucas glands kicked into overdrive. "Eoin's dead! And his ghost is standing right there on the grass!" Donal let out a long suffering sigh. "Eoin is being a writer. " Niall calmed down, becuase everyone knows writers are weird and are always doing stupid thingss.
It calmed me down to see that most of the time no-one gets the scene on the first take.
In my twenties, I thought I was Robert De Niro and I invested all of myself in my acting. But, as I've got older, I've calmed down a bit. I've thrown my game plan out of the window.
When I started shooting speed, amphetamine, when I was 15, almost 16, it actually calmed me down.
The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses.
What calmed me down finally was when my girlfriend got pregnant.
The big turn in the late 90s was that I realized I was going to be doing this for a long time. I was fairly sure I was going to be an actor for the rest of my life, which I think calmed me down.
As a kid, I couldn't articulate it but I sought out things that could. At first it was horror films - extreme panic and terror, grotesque and maniacal. These films calmed me and made me feel more connected in my experiences.
I have calmed down my look. Is it really necessary to wear all that jewelry and makeup at 7 A. M. ? When you're tired, you start to over-compensate by wearing too much bling.
Finally, by the sea, where God is everywhere, I gradually calmed.
You are like night, calmed, constellated. Your silence is star-like, as distant, as true.
