Quotes About Focus

Like sheep that get lost nibbling away at the grass because they never look up, we often focus so much on ourselves and our problems that we get lost.

You can have all the problems in the world, but you have to see out your mission.

Grass is not natural for me, but I am getting better. I have to focus on not falling, not injuring myself. I cannot take off as fast as I want to and I have problems braking.

When I'm working on something, I proceed as if no one else will ever read it.

There's so much emphasis on Daniel Day-Lewis and his process, which is appropriately his own. But I was just blown away by his generosity as an actor. He's so giving as an actor that he just naturally commands the focus on set.

When I went to Beijing, my goal was to do the best with every shot. The outcome was not important, the process was.

When I was not doing well, I was just focussing on my processes. And when I am doing well, I am still focussing on my processes.

If we focus on processes, the results will automatically take care of themselves.

You can't allow your creative sessions to be dominated by miniscule editing processes.

I have read that, when you are writing or working on something creative, and your attention wanders, your brain is processing and working on what you have just done. But I find it hard to believe that my brain is really taking five hours to fully process the seven minutes I have managed to spend focused on one thing.

For me, the enemy is procrastination, and losing attention, you know? It's not the writing that's difficult, it's sitting down to write - if that makes any sense. I feel I can write pretty well, and I can write pretty effectively.

You don't get results by focusing on results. You get results by focusing on the actions that produce results.

The more I can get into my brain the more I can produce on the field.

I really, really want to produce. That's the top of my to-do list.

Your brain is triggered to produce.

I never doubted that if I applied myself and tried to learn that I would good at it. I've had a lot of lucky turns, no doubt. But it's actually been a fairly direct line from control-freak, cartoon-obsessed kindergartner to control-freak, cartoon-obsessed executive producer.

If you really want to be a music producer, stop watching 'Friends' when you get home from school. Start trying to make music. If you're not going to try, then it's impossible. When you try, it's always possible.

When we're shooting, I'm in producer mode.

I do not want to waste my time by counting films of other producers as I have better things to perform.

I have a great team. A lot of my focus every day is with my television and film career, directing and producing, and I guess you can say that my moonlighting gig is Tropfest. Obviously, when I am not working I am in the Tropfest office full-time.

If you focus on producing a great experience for anyone, that's how you get big.

I'm more interested in producing than acting.

If I play, I try to concentrate on producing my best.

Producing words isn't a problem for me. And I usually write two books at a time. When one horse gets winded, you jump on the other.