Quotes About Focus

Of course there will be difficult times, and there will be more in the future, but I know what I have to do in the car.

I'm a go-getter. It's in my DNA. If I spend a lot of time lamenting on the difficulties, then it could be distracting.

You only have a week to do a show. I mean, there's only so deep you can dig in that week.

Bizarrely, on movie sets, they don't really dig it when you look in the camera, which is a bizarre fact.

I think your behavior is different when you work on digital or film. It seems that... I feel most focused if I'm working on film.

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every calling, is diligence.

I work for every film with the same amount of diligence.

I try to be a good, diligent actor.

If you find yourself considering a project that seems like a layup, then you're diluted, or that movie's probably not the right movie for you to be making.

I think when it's a high-stress situation, my tennis definitely takes a big dip.

Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.

I want to direct. It's something that I know I'll be really good at.

By the time I was 21, I knew what I wanted to do, and that was to direct films.

When I first moved to L.A. as a dancer, all I wanted to do was dance. I never even considered trying to act or direct.

Whenever I've directed something, there's this feeling of demand and focus that I like.

After I directed, when I went back to being an actor, I was like, 'God, this is the life!' Because you only have to concentrate on one thing.

My energy is good; it is directed at training hard.

I only want to write. I don't care about directing, really. I've tried it, and it was fun, but it's not like I have to.

I believe that, by directing, it makes me a better executive as well.

When I audition for something, I don't even want to think about who the other actors are in it, who's directing it.

I know that when I'm writing, I always want to be directing.

When I'm directing a movie, nothing else matters.

I think I would like directing. I really like coming at the work that way.

It is amazing how a new child can refocus one's direction seconds after its birth.