Quotes About Persistence

I have never written anything in one draft, not even a grocery list, although I have heard from friends that this is actually possible.

If I was hearing something I couldn't do, I would figure out how to do it.

An actor hears 'no' more often than the average person. A black human and a black woman on top of that? That's a lot of no's.

My heart is beating, and I'm breathing, and nothing anybody has ever done has changed that.

As long as I have a heartbeat, I'm fine. So I just do what I love, and I do it the best that I can. And if it all goes away, I'll just start over.

Trying to write music, be in a band and keep it all happening is one of the hardest, morale-destroying, heartbreaking things you will ever try to do - and that's when it's going well.

We have brave hearts and won't retreat. We are not going back; we are going forward.

One knew in advance that life in New York would not be easy, but there were cheap rents in cold-water lofts without heat, and the excitement of being here made up for those hardships. I didn't move to New York to make a fortune.

You will not be carried to Heaven lying at ease upon a feather bed.

Although you have some films that are a real bummer, there's always a film that comes up where it's just heaven.

We've shown that when an attack does happen, our agents and analysts will move heaven and earth to find those responsible.

Every day I write. I am not waiting for a great idea from heaven.

There was a film which I did many, many, many years ago which took 14 years to make. Fourteen years. It was a film called 'Oonch Neech Beech' and in one shot, Shashi Kapoor goes out for a jog and when he reaches, he is 40 kilos heavier!

One of the first things I ever did was 'Critical Condition.' That was before 'Full House.' It was a Richard Pryor movie. I didn't have a giant part, but I was in it throughout. I loved the heck out of it.

You see a script, and you say, 'Oh, I can play the heck out of that,' talk to your agent, and he says they don't want to see you. That's heartbreaking.

On the day of the audition for 'Sullivan and Son,' I had three other auditions all around Los Angeles. It was so hectic. I remember changing in my car before I went in to read.

Said will be a little ahead, but done should follow at his heel.

I knew when I did get a consistent run that I could go from height to height.

I just feel like I have this gift that I've been given. It's like, 'Someone unwrap it! Here it is!' That drive can't be held down.

I remember back in the early '70s, when I had a disastrous Grand Prix, my wife, Lynn, said to me, 'Don't worry, you're going to be a late boomer.' That's what she said to me, and I've always held that thought.

With my own stuff, I've always held to the belief that it should take as long as it takes until it feels right.

Yes, it's true, I have bought a helicopter. I really like it. I can't fly it, but I plan to get a licence one day.

You make yourself be whatever the hell you want to be, at the end of the day.

If you have a passion and love for something, it's hard to give it up. I had jobs where the people were helpful and let me go to auditions, and I'd make up the hours another day. I was lucky in that respect: I could afford to get to London.