I've done a lot of television, and there's no rehearsal process - you have to come to the set with your guns blazing and with a point of view.
You can survive tough situations and even turn them to your advantage by acting as if you are the person you want to be. When you act like that person, you can become that person. The hard parts are deciding whom you want to become, being willing to rehearse until you become that person, and forgiving yourself until you do.
Dreaming means 'rehearsing' what you see, playing it over and over in your mind until it becomes as real to you as your life right now.
Let your youth have free reign. It won't come again, so be bold, and no repenting.
I've felt that if you dwell too much on your errors, you're dealing in the negativity of things. I don't like that. I'd rather work on the positive reinforcement, the things I did well.
You are all things. Denying, rejecting, judging or hiding from any aspect of your total being creates pain and results in a lack of wholeness.
Initially, new ideas are rejected. Later they become dogma if you're right. And if you're really lucky, you can publish your rejections as part of your Nobel presentation.
Relativism is not indifference; on the contrary, passionate indifference is necessary in order for you not to hear the voices that oppose your absolute decrees.
Don't think about work in your bedroom or relaxation area.
As an artist, you dream about accumulating enough successful music to someday do just one greatest-hits album, but to reach the point where you're releasing your second collection of hits is beyond belief.
Depending on how you farm, your farm is either sequestering or releasing carbon.
A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.
Retiring gives the impression that you're relieved that your job is over.
When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.
In the theater, you go from point A to point Z, building your performance as the evening progresses. You have to relinquish that control on a film.
Before passing different laws for different people, I'd relinquish myself unto you as your slave.
You can't relive your life.
You know you've been around when they start to remake your own movies when you're still alive.
Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
The hours, minutes and seconds stand as visible reminders that your effort put them all there. Preserve until your next run, when the watch lets you see how Impermanent your efforts are.
