Quotes about Personal Growth

There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten.

When I was 18, I moved out of home. I decided to try to be an actor, so took myself off to slum it with nine humans and a million mice in a red Leytonstone house.

Sometimes, guys are in a slump, or you feel like you're not doing anything with the company, and I felt like that for years. But it can all change.

I am small. I was always small. But only physically.

When I was 17, I had a small part in the movie 'Election,' which shot in Omaha, Nebraska. I was really naive at the time; I really didn't know what a big deal it was.

Learning to ask is like flexing a muscle. The more you do it, the easier it becomes. I started by learning how to ask for the small things in my life, and eventually I could make the Big Daunting Asks.

I think I can change small things to make me feel better each and every day.

Growing up in a small town gives you two things: a sense of place and a feeling of self-consciousness - self-consciousness about one's education and exposure, both of which tend to be limited. On the other hand, limited possibilities also mean creating your own options.

I've lived my career backwards - I started off huge and I've got smaller and more personal, and I'm much more comfortable now.

As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.

I'm in a kind of weird position where I want to prove that I can do smaller movies.

After the bones mended, my left eye was smaller than my right, and my eyebrow never grew back. But you know what? Big deal. I think I became beautiful after the accident. I became kinder, more aware. I gained respect for other people.

Playing the same role over and over makes me feel claustrophobic sometimes and smaller than I am.

Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.

I wasn't smart enough to read relationship books when I was coming up. I learned everything the hard way.

I just know that it's smart for my career to carve my own path and do my own thing.

I lived on my own when I was living in New York City when I was 18, working on a show. And that definitely kind of grows you up a little faster than a normal 18-year-old in college, so I think so. I think I've got some street smarts.

At school, nobody thought I was smart and I became smart. Nobody wanted to be my friend and then I had lots of friends.

I had a big step here in San Antonio, good help, great work. I learned a lot. Everybody helped me, great and smart people. They helped me a lot and made me better player.

As I matured, I became a smarter person, a more sensitive person, a more thinking person.

I would say I have become a lot smarter in the way I understand things.

Every day, I get a little smarter.

Of course, I know by growing older, I'm going to become stronger, smarter, and know the game better.

All I care about is getting smarter and better.