Quotes About Commitment

Whatever I am today is mostly because of my training at FTII. It taught me to be disciplined as an actor. People accuse us of being lazy and presume that we smoke up and laze about in the campus, which is not true at all. FTII courses are hard work.

The more I'm committed to finding a way to genuinely be immersed in someone else's life, the more enjoyment there is in it. I've never been interested in smoke and mirrors and cutting corners. I'd rather just do it for real.

Sure, yes, there are smoking-hot girls. But my girlfriend's smoking hot, my wife, whatever.

Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an effort to quit. I love acting; I love directing.

I used to give up writing like some people would give up smoking.

If I start going back to church, I'd have to stop the smoking and drinking, and I wouldn't be able to curse any more.

When I make a commitment to someone, it is for the smooth road and the rocky road.

I think everyone knows what it is like being in love. It's never a smooth thing. Whether you are happily together or not.

She's the one. Just so smooth. She's not like other girls. She's tough, smart, pretty. I told my wife, 'I been with you so long, you can have one eye drooped and your mouth over here like this and you're still beautiful to me. I look at you the same way. That ain't gonna never change.'

I've gone through the years and I've written stuff for Jules that has never gotten published, but I thought I'd write her smooth R&B bedroom song.

It may sound funny, but it's true: I tried to put myself through the 12-step program. I didn't want to attend a real meeting; my role didn't really require that, and I feel those meetings are sort of sacred, and they're anonymous for a reason. I tried to deal with some of my love of snacks - and I relapsed a lot.

Good roles are hard to come by, and whether they're a few lines or a lead, you snap 'em up when they come along.

You've got to focus on getting better at one thing at a time, every single drill, every single snap.

I'm about business. I'm going to handle business like a professional. Aside from that, I'm going to give you everything I've got on every snap.

I'm good at snap decisions. But if you let me, I will chew something to death.

If I have to play every snap for us to have a chance to win, I'm going to do that.

It's not a goal of mine to only play 45 percent of snaps. It's to be on the field for every single play.

When I come into a camp, a team, I look to be the best player every snap.

Making every snap, every play, every rep count. I think, once you do that, the good things, the stats, they come along with it.

Some people think a series like 'Mayberry' is a snap, but nothing in this world is a snap, unless you want it to be.

Well, every down is important and every snap in the game is important. We try to let our players know that.

It may sound kind of brash but you really do have to treat it like just another job. It could be over tomorrow, and if you invest too much of yourself in, 'Hey I am the show and the show is me,' you'll get snapped hard.

If people sneak into my show, that's a sign of a good show, you know? If people want to risk getting in trouble with the law to come see you play music, that's a sign you're doing something right.

I'd sneak out and work on my game at midnight. The neighbors would call and say, turn the lights off. I went from the worst player to the first guy off the bench to the best player on my ninth-grade team, and then it took off.