Quotes About Realization

I got a film fairly quickly and felt like I was on a roll. I would walk into auditions sounding like Crocodile Dundee, thinking, 'This is going to be a novelty for them.' Then I realised that there are a million other Australians here, and I should just shut up.

I did a masterclass at the Juilliard and asked the students, 'Can you stand?' 'Sure.' 'Can you walk?' 'Sure.' They couldn't. They had never really thought about it.

They told me at the end of that test that they wanted me to be a part of this project. I walked out and had a moment of clarity where I thought, not many people will ever have this moment.

I never knew you were supposed to push off of your feet when you walked. And I tried it, and I walked much faster.

There was a point in the '80s when I looked out at my audience and I saw people that - were I not on the stage - they'd sooner slug me as they walked by me on the sidewalk. And I realized that I was way beyond the choir.

I think we just knew that we had a movie when Rachel walked in the room.

I played Sky Masterson in 'Guys and Dolls' at St. Ignatius. I walked out onstage at one point looking for Nathan Detroit, and I'm supposed to say, 'Has anyone seen Nathan Detroit?' But, instead, I said, 'Has anyone seen Sky Masterson?' I immediately realized what I'd done, so I said, 'Wait a minute. I'm Sky Masterson!'

Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.

Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall - that of our consciousness - between the world and ourselves.

Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.

I hit a brick wall one day, and I spent a lot of time by myself learning about me and who I am and what I want and don't want.

I'm a big guy; people don't realize that.

Most of us would be happy with one big idea implemented in our lifetimes.

That was a very aha moment. It was, 'I'm in the big leagues.'

The biggest win of my career is coming.

I'm just never getting there. I'm getting round to it. I'm beginning to understand it a bit more.

I've been building scratch cars my whole life - my passion is taking something that doesn't exist, creating a concept on a blank piece of paper and making that concept real.

The first time I sat in a theater and watched myself on a screen was an out-of-body experience. It blew my mind.

I always set my ambitions very high. You want to be the greatest athlete, but I realized that life is not about that. I was a little bit blind.

Love makes you blind. One day you're in love, the next day you wake up and realize that not everything is perfect.

It was quite a blow to have my perfect image of my father shattered, but that's something we all face before we come to full adulthood.

All my dreams are coming true all across the board for some reason.

I knew I was going to be in 'Spectre,' but I didn't realize I was a 'Bond girl' until they announced it.

Boston was a good situation for me, but I think it was over time they were able to understand what they had.