Quotes About Persistence

Yes, there will be challenges, and things will blow up in your face, but learning experiences are different from wasting your life pushing a boulder up a hill.

Watch the turtle. He only moves forward by sticking his neck out.

This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.

I have a fascination for cartoons. No matter how many times 'Tom and Jerry' fall, you never complain, and watch it again.

I just want to keep doing what I'm doing and hopefully people will watch my movies.

Before I do a movie, I watch Meryl Streep movies over and over. It's not to mimic her. It's to remind myself to be more committed.

I haven't done as many films as I would have liked. A lot of my contemporaries have done more. I don't have 'I will be a movie star' emblazoned on anything, but I'd like do a bit more screen stuff and then when the time is right come back to theatre. When it is good, theatre takes a lot of beating both to watch and perform.

When somebody follows you 20 blocks to the pharmacy, where they watch you buy toilet paper, you know your life has changed.

I remember when I was in third grade, I was in a classroom, and the teacher said, 'What do you want to do when you get older?' We were going around the room. I said, 'I want to be a professional basketball player.' She's like, 'That's not realistic.' I thought to myself, 'OK, watch.'

All I wanted was to be an actor and have a happy family, and I did it. I still remember when I was doing shows in my parents' living room, and everyone had to watch me.

I'd rather watch a character be good at something and be challenged - there's more to play in that.

I have been putting the effort. I went for the acting course, watched a lot of movies and started reading about films. I think that has created a sub-conscious impact.

I just keep getting inspired to believe that dreams come true and anything can happen, 'cause I've watched so many impossible things happen.

I knew that I wanted to be a film actress and I never watched TV. I was always too busy.

I watched movies and thought, 'I want to be in movies,' and wanted to be an actor.

I've known I wanted to do this ever since I was four years old and watched 'Star Search' for the first time. I mean, Harrison Ford in 'Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark?' My hero.

If something sticks around long enough that it makes it to seasonal D.V.D. release, I'll watch it. That's how I watched 'The Sopranos'.

I've followed Gary Oldman his whole career... I've watched the movies he's directed, like 'Nil by Mouth' - I've seen that five times!

A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching.

For some of us, watching a miniseries that lasts longer than most marriages is not easy.

You may get real tired watching me, but I'm not going to quit.

There are people who are unsure, and maybe their minds can be changed based on someone's work and accomplishments. Those people are the ones I'm interested in having stay tuned and watching for the rest of my career.

It's about working when nobody's watching.

When we were making 'Arrested Development,' it was the hardest thing I'd ever done. You know, nobody was watching. We weren't getting feedback. The job wasn't paying very well. But the one thing I did feel confident about was: No one will ever be able to do this again. Because no one would be stupid enough to try.