My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.
To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that I've worked with have done their best work by far with me.
If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.
The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best.
Some of the greatest artists did their best work when they got political.
I think my best work is when I'm kind of in charge.
It's fun to be on the edge. I think you do your best work when you take chances, when you're not safe, when you're not in the middle of the road, at least for me, anyway.
U2's best work has always been when we didn't know what we're doing.
I am trying to do the best work I possibly can and making movies that will have resonance for years to come. I think if you try for an Oscar or a goal like that, the more people are going to see it as transparent. It's not on my radar. If it happens, great, but I'm happy to continue working as I am, really.
When I am wrong, I will learn the lesson and move on to face other challenges. For me, that's what creating your own life is. Doing your best work while being your best self.
It's hard to edit. It's hard to stay focused. And yet, we know we'll only do our best work if we stay focused. And so, you know, the hardest decisions we made are all the things not to work on, frankly.
I did my best work in The Mosquito Coast. I know it wasn't such a big hit, but for me it was more meaningful than anything else I'd ever done.
I don't think about that. I wasn't a kid growing up saying one day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech. That wasn't on my mind. So what I do is the best work I can do.
I feel like I haven't done my best work yet.
I feel like I haven't done my best work yet. I feel like there's a world of possibilities out there.
I'm fascinated by musicians who don't completely understand their territory; that's when you do your best work.
I do my best work when I feel conviction to say something through the character I play. Always I want to have integrity and not compromise that.
It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.
Honestly, when you're making a movie, you never say, 'Oh, this one's going to suck and go straight to video.' When you're in it, you think you're doing the best work you can do. You're surrounded by people who are working hard. Everybody's hopeful.
I do my best work when I am in pain and turmoil.
