Quotes About Persistence

When I read about Joyce, I realised that there was no eight-till-one in his life: it was 24 hours a day for him.

By the time I finished my first three films, I realised this is something I want to do for a long time, learn, and grow in.

I am very passionate about what I do; I give it 200 percent, and I don't think it will ever change. But I've realised that, as an actor, you have to give it your best and let it go. That's the most difficult journey, and it comes with time.

I started off thinking that I just needed one shot to prove myself, but then I realised that I was only going to learn about acting by doing it.

I never realised 'The Return' would take so long to make - it was a very tough 'political experience,' and the post production in L.A. seemed to go on forever.

I realised that if I wanted to carry on with my musical dreams, I had to change, so I started meditating, and I changed my life entirely.

I realised at 13 or 14 when I said, OK, I wanted to be professional racing driver, there wasn't anyone to look up to that I could aspire to or get inspiration from. But that didn't stop me.

After my second and third movies, which did not click, I realised I should not do something that's too heavy.

I've realised that nothing that happens is so grim that life can't go on. Life always goes on, no matter what. Even in the grimmest situation, I see hope.

I have realised that it's important to dedicate time to a film and role, no matter how big or small it is.

Initially it used to bother me that I wasn't working 365 days a year. But after a point I realised that the kind of work I want to do comes around rarely. And I would rather wait for it.

My mum told me to have patience. It's about realising that when things aren't going the way you want them to, or you don't have inspiration, it will come.

I have a horror of going down dead ends, which you can easily do with a novel, spending months on it and then realising that it's all wrong. It's demoralising, because you don't get the time back.

I'm an eternal realist and the success rate for being an actor is pretty low.

I'm a realist, and so we have to take what exists and continue to struggle to move forward.

I may be an aspiring actor, but I am also a realist.

I was always told that music isn't a 'realistic' path to take, and like a normal human being, I doubted myself over and over because I was afraid of failure.

The greatest thing has been that projects that were pipe dreams before 'Whiplash' are now feeling more realistic.

Wanting to play the guitar was neither a wild dream nor a realistic ambition. It was simply inevitable.

Projects can take years to exhibit proof-of-concept and a few more years to be converted into commercial realities.

Dreams become reality when we put our minds to it.

I encourage you to have your own dream and work to make it a reality.

For the life of me, I could not make a good-looking ice-cream cone.

The day I stop learning and I don't try to make myself better on the guitar, that's the day I hang it up and say, 'Goodbye.'