“There’s always something to suggest that you’ll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on moving.”
Phylicia Rashad
What I’ve learned from myself is that I don’t have to be anybody else. Myself is good enough.
Lupita Nyong’o
"[Do] not wait for permission. The key is: What do you want? If you want to be famous and have a big car and a fancy house, that’s a different thing. You have to ask permission for that. But if you want to make a film, say, and your reasons are truly for the experience of doing it and for the storytelling and the art of it, you don’t have to ask anyone."
Ava DuVernay
“Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances.”
Sanford Meisner
“The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.”
James Dean
“If you get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has paid rent for, then you’re given a free chance to practice your craft.”
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
“Don’t be afraid to go outside the box. Don’t be afraid to think outside the box. Don’t be afraid to fail big, to dream big, but remember, dreams without goals are just dreams. And they ultimately fuel disappointment.”
