1. “You only live once. So do what you feel passionate about. Take chances, professionally. Don’t be afraid to fail.”
2. “Keep working, keep striving, never give up. Fall down seven times, get up eight.”
3. “Remember, dreams without goals are just dreams. And they ultimately fuel disappointment.”
4. “Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.”
5. “Fall down seven times; get up eight.”
6. “If you don’t fail, you’re not even trying.”
7. “When you pray for rain, you’ve got to deal with the mud too.”
8. “Ease is a greater threat to progress than hardship. So, keep moving, keep growing, keep learning!”
9. “I blame no one. I look in the mirror.”
10. “Keep working. Keep striving. Fall seven times; get up eight!”
11. “I work hard for the audience. It’s entertainment. I don’t need validation.”
12. “The chances you take, the people you meet, the people you love, the faith that you have, that’s what’s going to define you.”
13. “Don’t aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.”
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14. “You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That’s a part of it.”
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15. “It takes talent to make money, but it takes brains to keep it.”
16. “If you want to be a warrior, you have to train.”
17. “For me, success is inner peace. That’s a good day for me.”
18. “In order to change your life, you must change your thoughts.”
19. “Be careful what you ask for because when you pray for rain, you have to deal with the mud as well.”
20. “When you don’t understand something, you label and condemn it.”
21. “I don’t want to “fall back” on anything. If I fall, I want to fall forward.”
22. “Don’t be afraid to think outside the box. Don’t be afraid to fail big, to dream big.”
23. “If you’re smart, you’ll have a back-up plan. If you don’t, you’ll succeed.”
24. “Continue to strive. Continue to have goals. Continue to progress.”
25. “Writing is a weapon and it’s more powerful than a fist could ever be.”
26. “It is very important to transcend the places that hold us.”
27. “I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you’re prepared for it.”
28. “Branding for an actor is being good, not being known.”
29. “Goals on the road to achievement cannot be achieved without discipline and consistency.”
30. “My ultimate life dream project is my kids. My family.”
31. “If you don’t trust the pilot, don’t go.”
32. “I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.”
33. “There are two kinds of pain in this world. The pain that hurts, the pain that alters.”
34. “Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.”
35. “I’m not a film buff. I don’t watch a lot of movies.”
36. “One of the most important lessons in life is to remember to have an attitude of gratitude.”
37. “I’m leaving here with something. I’m from around the way.”
38. “One doesn’t have to be a slave to one’s environment. One can pull oneself out, and evolve, and grow and search for truth.”
39. “I never looked at things as problems, I look at them as opportunities.”
40. “Meryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last century.”
41. “Any good piece of material like Shakespeare ought to be open to reinterpretation.”
42. “Every failed experiment is one step closer to success. You’ve got to take risks.”
43. “My faith helps me understand that circumstances don’t dictate my happiness, my inner peace.”
44. “I never wanted to be famous. I wanted to be good at what I do.”
45. “To get something you’ve never had, you have to do something you never did.”
46. “I don’t concern myself with award. I’d been to the party enough times to know it really didn’t matter.”
47. “I’m not in the loop; I don’t know any actors, really, just the ones I work with.”
48. “Never confuse movement with progress. Because you can run in place and get nowhere.”
49. “Got to be who you are in this world, no matter what.”
50. “Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons.”
51. “Don’t confuse movement with progress because you can run in place and not get anything done.”
52. “Without commitment, you’ll never start, but more importantly, without consistency, you’ll never finish.”
53. “To protect the sheep, you gotta catch the wolf. And it takes a wolf to catch a wolf, you understand?”
54. “You can’t break me because you didn’t make me.”
55. “I’ve found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.”
56. “One good thing about acting in film is that it’s good therapy.”
57. “Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward.”
58. “You never know how or when you’ll have an impact, or how important your example can be to someone else.”
59. “I’m a logic monster, if things don’t make sense I gotta make sense of them.”
60. “I ask you today. How many ghosts are going to be around your bed when your time comes?”
61. “My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don’t need another plaque.”
62. “I and haven’t been unemployed for 20 years. I’m an exception to the rule.”
63. “It took me 30 years, but I finally am doing what I wanted to do when I started.”
64. “Just because you don’t share it on social media, doesn’t mean you’re not up to big things. Live it and stay low-key. Privacy is everything.”
65. “We do what we have to so we can do what we want to.”
66. “Remember to have an attitude of gratitude and humility.”
67. “Hard work, works! Working really hard is what successful people do.”
68. “Where I think the most work needs to be done is behind the camera, not in front of it.”
69. “If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy. Just don’t be mad at him or her.”
70. “I think a role model is a mentor – someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.”
71. “I’ve been fortunate. I don’t pick scripts. Scripts pick me.”
72. “Fail big! Today’s the beginning of the rest of your life.”
73. “Remember, just because you’re doing a lot more, doesn’t mean you’re getting a lot more done. Don’t confuse movement with progress.”
74. “You have to take what you’re given and do something with it. The easiest thing to do is complain.”
75. “Thank God in advance for what’s already yours.”
76. “The poorest people are the sweetest people.”
77. “Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.”
78. “You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib.”
