Quotes About Persistence

Here's a very simple, common sense idea - if you practice something more, you get better at it; if you can't complete everything you need to do, take more time.

The amount of effort and energy that goes into being an actor is something that I can't compare to anything else.

I always want to be the best at what I do. That doesn't mean compared to other people, but just in what you do.

We knew no matter how well 'Phir Hera Pheri' does, it would always be compared to 'Hera Pheri.' Yet, we took it as a challenge.

You have to be ready to compete. Because lots of people dream that dream, to be the best at something. But are you ready to commit to the hard work that it takes to get there? For me, it just became a part of my life, and it was what it was. Another day, another basketball practice or another game.

If there's an opportunity for me to compete at something, I'm there.

If you have life's experiences with you, nothing can stop you from being a competent actor.

I just got to keep competing and keep believing.

Every day, you try to get better, and I don't think I'll ever be complacent and happy with where I am, no matter what.

That's the thing, never get complacent.

In between jobs, you think your luck has run out, but they keep on letting me do what I love to do. I really can't complain.

I work hard, I don't complain.

Every time I completed an audition, I wanted to do even better.

I completed five half marathons in 2002.

'MMMBop' took about a year to actually get completed. The chorus idea had really been around for a long time, and then we built the song around it.

As a child I could lie in bed and do absolutely nothing for hours but once I decided to do something, big or small, I could not stop until it had been completed.

I searched so hard for a part that was so complex.

Activism isn't beautiful and easy, or a bunch of people getting together and picketing; it's a lot more complicated and difficult than that.

I'm the same composer since my first film.

It takes lot of years for a composer to make a name.

Never, ever, compromise on science.

I don't want to compromise on my singing or drop down its level to start acting.

I love what I do too much to compromise on it. I would rather wait for the work that excites me than just go and do a job so I can stay busy.

What writer wants to make compromises with story? Story is the only reason you're in it.