Quotes About Development

The goal is always just trying to stretch yourself as an actor.

Humpty' was something I had to do. I had to stretch myself as an actor.

After doing so many different roles, if you don't stretch yourself, there's no excitement left.

We have now under President Obama's leadership had 29 months in a row of private sector job growth. That stretch of positive private sector job growth hasn't happened since 2005. We still have a long way to go, but we are moving in the right direction.

You don't pass up roles that give you the opportunity to stretch and to grow.

I was actually not some sort of a child prodigy by any stretch.

I do think that there are certain parts, if you are lucky enough to play them, that are bigger than you, and they stretch you. I don't think you become a bigger person, but you develop certain muscles you didn't have before.

When you learn, you grow. You have to stretch, and it's not easy. You know, if you're working out your muscles, if you're doing whatever, it's gonna hurt a little bit.

On every job you learn, on every job you should be looking to learn and every decision you make on the jobs you take, they should always try in some way, even if not in a huge way, they should in some way stretch you.

I've been trying to find out what my wheelhouse is as an actor. 'Gilmore' was my first job, so only from there did I have a chance to really experiment and see how far I could stretch; I went maybe a little too far in certain directions.

I think my rookie year I was just out there, I just wanted to be out there and have fun. Maybe my sophomore year I was thinking a little too much because I wanted to be perfect, but I think everybody goes through that stretch.

At some point, I would like to coach Argentina, but I have to improve as a coach. I would like to do it in the final stretch of my career.

I've always been a late bloomer. My body developed late. From ninth to 10th grade, I grew like 3 inches. Just kind of stretched out. I was like 6-1, grew to 6-4 in 10th grade.

Alleged 'impossibilities' are opportunities for our capacities to be stretched.

With Lady Gaga I really stretched myself as a creative director, and because I was with this artist from before she got signed I was able to really take control of the opportunity and execute as a creative director.

Not everyone is born to run a $4 billion company. There is no magic formula. I've learned, and I've grown by learning. That's why I've enjoyed being in business so much: It's stretched me.

I have never begun a novel which wasn't going to stretch me further than I had ever stretched before.

You go through your 20s sort of like a chrysalis in many ways, stretching into your own skin and trying to bust out of a cocoon.

There is value in finding a combination of internal people, stretching them and seeing their potential, then marrying that with someone from the outside.

I wish my parents had been more strict and made me learn more instruments.

I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.

I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close to.

I don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life... I'm not saying I'm a role model by any means or anything. I think the fact that I wasn't told what not to do all the time - my spirit kind of told me things that I shouldn't - I got to develop on my own. It's part of your common sense.

My parents were strict with school, strict with grades. I had piano classes, horseback riding, dance.