Quotes About Persistence

I've been in this industry for nine years and I've done a fair share of films, but it's not been rewarding enough for me so far.

I wish somebody had given me the news that ideas don't just fall on your head like fairy dust. You have to treat that like a job. You have to spend hours each day, where you're just like, 'This is the part of the day when I'm looking for an idea.'

I feel called to be faithful.

You fake something until you're good at it.

Sometimes, if you fake confidence long enough, you're going to be confident.

When you fall, get right back up.

We have never said that we're perfect. We've said that we seek that. But we sometimes fall short.

If you fall during your life, it doesn't matter. You're never a failure as long as you try to get up.

You have to be committed or you fall behind, lose out.

Acting has been my life since I was five, and everything has just fallen into place. I've never had to push and shove.

I'm going to have setbacks and failures; I'm not going to see change right away all of the time or most of the time. But everybody I've ever respected has failed at one thing or another. I've definitely fallen on my face. But I've also had a comparatively easy life.

I'm lucky to have fallen into this trade, and I'm still fighting to stay in it.

I love the process. It's like I've fallen in love with the process of trying to become great.

I've never had it easy. There have been fortunate coincidences and instances, but nothing has fallen into my lap. Whatever I've achieved has always been through sheer hard work.

Life is about falling down, getting up, and moving ahead.

Your life isn't about doing one perfect 'thing' and then falling down dead. It's more like going to church or writing a book. You do it over and over, always trying to be a little bit better. Then you die.

I work on myself all the time, and I'm constantly trying to learn and falling on my face all the time.

Of course, nothing just falls into your lap - to get where I am now, I've worked hard.

I always put my head down, work as hard as I can, and sort of let the chips falls were they may.

If I keep on winning and keep putting the work in, then everything else falls into place.

So you've got to test the envelope, find out what are your abilities and if you falter, pick yourself up and test it again. Otherwise, what is it all about, you know?

Fame is a constant effort.

When I started acting almost 50 years ago, it wasn't about fame. It was about acting.

There is no schooling for fame and success. You learn as you walk.