Regrets are something you can’t really have as an actor, because ultimately you’ll end up destroying yourself… there’s a lot of disappointment in this business. – Henry Cavill
I’ve always found as an actress that the best thing to do in film or TV or theater is just to lose yourself in it. Think of the story, the character, the worlds we’re in, and forget everything else. – Helen Mirren
You are preparing yourself for a scene, and the most important thing is to remain emotionally available and remain in the moment with your scene partner. You don’t want to let your own self-consciousness block the flow of creativity that’s coming out so that you can act and react, and play what the scene is all about. – Gale Harold
Whatever it is you’re doing, whether it’s your career or a particular focus, if you’re trying to be the best you can possibly be, then you’ll be putting that pressure on yourself. – Grant Achatz
I tell anyone who will listen to me: On a cruise, you can be with all these people, or you can be by yourself. You can find tranquility, you can find party, you can find new friends. I’m a cruise convert. – Guy Fieri
I personally believe that the iPod is a frankly corrosive device because it encourages you to surround yourself with your favorites. The whole idea of a playlist is to surround yourself with your favorite things, and the interesting thing is that when you do that, they cease to be your favorites. – Hugh Laurie
I think becoming an actor because it’s a ridiculously insecure profession to go into. I feel very comfortable but very lucky. I think any time that you imagine that it’s plain sailing for hereon in, then you’re kidding yourself. – Hugh Dancy
It’s all about confidence and how you feel about yourself. There’s no such thing as a perfect woman. I like imperfections – that’s what makes you unique. – Hayley Hasselhoff
When you hear about what someone else is going through, and you are unable to distance yourself from it or in any way muzzle your empathy and are inspired to actually do something, these are moments to learn from. – Henry Rollins
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. – Henry Ward Beecher
You want to throw yourself in as many uncomfortable places as possible, if you want to build muscles in uncomfortable parts of your body and grow as an artist. – Hamish Linklater
The resistance to praying is like the resistance of tightly clenched fists. This image shows a tension, a desire to cling tightly to yourself, a greediness which betrays fear. – Henri Nouwen
Keep yourself motivated. You’ve got to be motivated, you’ve got to wake up every day and understand what that day is about; you’ve got to have personal goals – short term goals, intermediate goals, and long term goals. Be flexible in getting to those goals, but if you do not have goals, you will not achieve them. – Gary Cohn
I always feel that it’s great when you can be happy when you’re by yourself. That’s not a bad thing. – Gene Pitney
There are nights when you are lucky enough to tap into something about yourself that you are unaware of and can’t possibly control, and somehow, at that moment, other people can view it or sense it or feel it. – Heather Watts
Sometimes to go forward you’ve got to go to the depths of your own personal despair and claw yourself back. From that point, no matter what happens, you know you can do it. – Gordon Strachan
The ultimate thing is creating your own stuff and making projects for yourself. That’s what Seth Rogen does. He’s writing and producing a lot of the movies that he’s the lead in. – Hannibal Buress
It’s not easy when you have a new manager because you have to try and adapt yourself to him, the team, training sessions, and the game. – Henrikh Mkhitaryan
If you want to become healthy, you have to surround yourself with a group of people that are getting healthy, and you have to be connected to a community that is doing what you want to do. – Henry Cloud
You forget that sometimes comedy is just a big night out for people. Almost every show, people come up to me and go, ‘This is the first comedy show I’ve ever seen,’ so you want to do well. If you do horribly at somebody’s first time seeing live stand-up, well, you’ve not only tainted yourself, you’ve tainted a whole art form. – Hannibal Buress
The main thing is the ability to control your instrument, which, in the actor, is yourself. Look the way you want the character to look. Sound the way you want the character to sound. Once you’ve trained the instrument to do what you want, you’re in control, and you’re free. – Geraldine Page
I just feel like bands always need to work harder than the hardest working band. You need to constantly be one-upping yourself and surprising yourself at how hard that you’ll work and devote yourself to your craft. – Hayley Williams