Quotes About Learning

When I first moved to New York I had been trying to work on anything and everything I could. From extra work and commercials to short and student films so I could learn in front of a camera.

It's easy to practice something that you are good at, and that is what most people do. Wat's tough is to go ot and to work hard on the things that you don't do very well.

After I learn more English, I'll work hard and make more films.

There's not a day that I don't work on vocals, have vocal coaches, go to acting classes, read books.

I was a little, uh, incorrigible as a kid, so the kitchen was a good place to give me structure and balance. It taught me hard work, but then I grew to love it.

I was trained in the theater, so I really learned a lot about how to work with the camera, just technically speaking, it's been an amazing learning curve.

The process of rehearsal means you learn so much and really get the chance to develop your work on a character.

I'm a big fan of Tom Stoppard's work, and have been since I was in school where I studied him.

We all bullet point our triumphs, but I am who I am because of everything you don't see on my CV. The stuff that doesn't work out teaches you how to trust your instincts and adapt.

I know a lot about writing, but I don't know much about how other industries work. I've tried to use my naivety to my advantage.

To be sure, it is not the fruits of scientific research that elevate a man and enrich his nature, but the urge to understand, the intellectual work, creative or receptive.

My achievements in the field of chess are the result of immense hard work in studying theory.

If the student could give up her work on my advice, she had better give it up without it. One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident.

Education may work wonders as well in warping the genius of individuals as in seconding it.

The truth is that our democracy is a work in progress. We are all its founders. We are all learning that we are linked and not ranked.

I like to work with children because their way of reacting to the world is simple, and they are innocent.

Show your work, and when the right people show up, pay close attention to them, because they'll have a lot to show you.

There's an intuition learned through our work. Teaching others doesn't mean they can just go out and replicate it.

The best way to get started on the path of sharing your work is to think about what you want to learn, and make a commitment to learning it in front of others.

I work constantly to be better at being rejected.

I mentioned charter schools, and experimenting with our school system, to make it work. I think that's something we really have to pay attention to.

When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.

I don't call myself an expert because I've played experts. I know a little bit about very little. But it's very hard to not be drawn into saying something, especially if it has to do with the work.

We are all born without knowledge, but curious. With curiosity we should be able to learn as much as possible. With curiosity, it has to take a lot of work to remain ignorant.