Quotes About Adaptability

It's hard to regret stuff. You make decisions and you go with it.

I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.

When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.

I have to confess to not being a great forward planner. I'm the kind of person who regularly arranges to have dinner with five different people on the same night.

Building mental strength is about learning to regulate your thoughts, manage your emotions, and behave productively despite whatever circumstances you find yourself in.

I learned that the best way to work is to allow the scene to live on its own before making major adjustments, whether in rehearsal or on film.

I'm not a guy that loves a lot of rehearsal, but it depends.

Adaptability is crucial to working on Glee because every day is adapting to something. Because we're doing a different genre of music, doing a different type of scene with a different scene partner, recording and dance rehearsals... no day is like another.

In TV, it is important to get everything on film as fast as possible. You rehearse every day of the week, and each day, the performance may be changed. The process is more result-oriented than in the movies. It's more about working quickly.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

I don't think everything has to be new all the time. You don't have to have the latest designer all the time to look good. Just have things you're comfortable with, have key pieces that you can sort of reinvent over and over again, and always keep things that you really love for a while.

Clearly, I reject the view that there is one way that is right for everyone and for every problem.

I learned certain exercises to help me cope, to get myself in tip-top mental shape to deal with auditions and rejection.

I think I relate to all the characters in one way or another. I'm a chameleon like that.

You tend to relate to the other person better if you understand their professional needs.

T-Lue is as bright as they come. He's incredible at making adjustments, holding guys accountable, relating.

The open and generous nature of the American people has the capacity to astonish and push boundaries. We crowdfund, sign petitions, dump buckets of ice on ourselves, and embrace new ways of relating to our environment.

I don't believe in ideology in international relations.

Freedom is relative.

I was very much a tough New York street kid. I went to a school where you had to learn how to get along with everybody or fight with everybody, and I did my fair share of both. But you have to learn how to get along. I did an awful lot of fighting. I was tough, but I'm also relatively small, so I learned very early on to use my mind.

I'm happy to not know what I think about stuff; I'm happy to change my mind. But it's relatively recently that I've been able to apply that to feelings. I used to like to know what I felt. I didn't want those feelings to be complicated or muddled or clashing.

I went to a good school, played sports; things came relatively easy for me. Whenever I would get faced with adversity, I would always go do something else.

What I have always liked about Italians is the way they are serious when they need to be but know how to relax and have a laugh, too.

I used to pre-rehearse everything and then bring my pre-rehearsed performance to the set. Now, I'm learning to let it happen in the moment. American actors are much better at that than British actors. If I knew how to trust myself, I would have been much more relaxed. Maybe I would have less gray hairs today.