Quotes About Discovery

The first time I played in front of a live audience, I realised I wanted to be a musician. I was about four years old and had always liked music.

Acting was not on my radar ever, but after shooting my first film, I have realised that this is my calling.

My first ambition was musical theatre, but I realised quite early on that I wouldn't make the grade.

Genuinely, the first gig I did when I was 18, it felt like the world shifted. I realised that I had stumbled upon a mechanism through which you could view life.

I never even knew I would end up becoming an actor. It was coincidental for me. Once I did it, I realised it's what I really want to do.

Through the auditions and the process of 'Sonali Cable,' I realised that I want to be an actor.

I realised years ago that no one really knows what they're doing and you kind of just learn by observing.

I made music with my friend, who we called Isabella Machine to which I was Florence Robot. When I was about an hour away from my first gig, I still didn't have a name, so I thought 'Okay, I'll be Florence Robot/Isa Machine', before realising that name was so long it'd drive me mad.

Cocktail' happened overnight for me. I didn't have the time to think about it, I suddenly got into films without even realising what I was doing.

I didn't have any concept of age or authority. I remember realising, Oh, the world has rules and we don't.

I've always had a passion for acting, without really realising that that's what I should be doing.

Education broadens our horizons and enables us to confront realities we'd never before anticipated.

Google never knew how successful key words would be. Facebook didn't know how successful Zynga would be.

People who want to know who I am, or my history, put my name into Google.

I actually didn't own any North Face until I was 18 and the first one I had was a gorgeous Blue Extreme and I loved it.

There's a powerful appeal in the 'I didn't know that' effect. I love it when people say, 'Gosh, I didn't know that.'

I do listen to more jazz and gospel than anything else, but my ears are still very much open and listening to stuff that comes out. And a lot of times my kids turn me on to stuff.

I'm real connected with Australia, you heard? I gotta come up there, man.

The first season of a show's always a rollercoaster because nobody knows what they're doing. You gotta rush through the season trying to figure out: What is this show? And who are these characters?

I'm not mainstream. You gotta find me.

I was 30 years old and this girl I knew found out I had never gotten high. Nobody had ever told me about marijuana.

I'm a huge Beatles fan, but I've only really gotten into them as an adult.

And as I've gotten deeper into the process of making films and television and such, I think I have more trust in the fact that you really never know what you're going to find after the twenty-fifth take.

I love learning about the science that governs the universe around us and want to share the delight of discovering how things work and why.