Quotes About Adaptation

I had a whole Scottish existence until we moved to London when I was four.

I was a model scout. I was never a model, but they just dropped the scout.

I believe that everything starts from scratch when changing a coach.

I do a lot of screen re-writing.

I just stopped playing. I did some screenwriting and got into the nature thing. Music kind of went away.

When you take over a screwed-up situation, you need time.

It was pretty much the way that it was when I first read it, although one exception would be that some ideas that I had were also incorporated into the script.

I read the script, and I knew it was a good part. It was written for a white actor. That's what I'm up against - I have to try to make roles happen for me that aren't written black.

You hate to see yourself do one draft of a script and then have somebody else come back in and change what you've done.

People with autism are extremely good at working... in a scripted environment, because that's how they live their lives a lot of the time.

When what's around you - such as scripts, or like me being on the show and playing 18, now me doing this film playing 18 - it's kind of been what's been there for me.

Last season when things weren't working out, I thought we needed a different voice around the place.

I may like L.A., but I want to know when the seasons are.

I've learned in my life that things change. Seasons changes, times change. We take different jobs. Our children grow. So, we have to study the people in our lives and adapt to them, because when we do that, we get more out of our relationships.

Life is about seasons, and I think you got to know the seasons.

You know how things go in football. Seasons are long, and you have to see how things progress.

As time goes on you're getting more knowledge of your playbook and football, and you just pick it up a lot easier. Lining up everywhere is just second nature to me now.

Playing basketball is second nature to me; acting I found far more challenging.

I saw Cruyff at 36 and the way he played was interesting because he was so quick to understand situations. Football can still be very nice at that age because even though you are not as strong or as quick, you can still see things that others see two seconds later.

No one thing can change the face of any sector.

I'm not too secure about my looks. They can always change.

Having learned something, we tend to cling to that belief, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. New information comes in all time, and the thing we ought to be thinking about doing is changing our beliefs as that new information comes in.

I had been watching 'Home and Away' for quite a while, so joining the cast was quite weird. The show is so fast-paced, and at first it was overwhelming, but at the same time was quite laid back.

I have a lot of ideas come to me when I'm working that are different from the plan, and sometimes that can be a little overwhelming and difficult for directors.