Quotes About Adaptation

I used to say, as an assistant, I would go in and close my door for three hours after practice and just watch film. Now it seems like I'm in a meeting and then another and then another for three hours that have nothing to do with basketball. It's just different.

Many associate me with the person I was when I was young. But I had a different role then, played in a different position.

I think it's important to change and not be associated with your character too much.

Most people assume you change with success.

Every time I try to plan something or assume that something's going to happen, it never works out like that.

I ate ants. They weren't that bad.

Every athlete, I think, would like to play forever. They never want to acknowledge that they've lost a step or they can't quite do what they did before.

Before I was acting, I was extremely athletic and for a lot of time in my life, I didn't know how to deal with the energy that I had to move and use my body in ways.

I had a great situation in Atlanta.

I remember people saying that Atletico wanted me, that they are a big team, and that it will be a big challenge for me. I don't know why, but I just felt really prepared for it, really confident. I went there and tried to do my best in training as well as learn the language really quickly. That was important, I think.

When I arrived at Atletico, at that point they were not so strong.

I find myself very attached to the places I live, and moving is never easy for me.

In this business, you can't get too attached to something.

I moved schools seven or eight times, but I never thought of it as a problem. I didn't become attached to people.

You don't want to attack one game more than another.

It is difficult because the school I go to, my friends do not attend.

There has been a change in attitude, though.

Listen, whatever makes the movie better. That's the attitude you have to have.

Most of the people I write about have been ambitious outlanders who have been attracted to New York from other parts of the world.

I have learned a lot over the years. I have learned how best to use my attributes. That comes with a bit of knowledge and a bit of wisdom.

I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.

I want audiences to see me in different avatars.

I used to be a wonderful auditioner. When I was living in New York, I'd audition every day. And I like to audition. But then it got to a point where I didn't like it anymore.

I had a career for 25 years in Australia before I ever came to the United States.