Quotes About Development

Books are a little better movies than just screenplays because there's more fat on the bone. There's more character development. There's more stuff to pick from.

Fatherhood is a process you can't really express.

Fatherhood has gone and done much more than marriage. It has made me a far more responsible person.

I can look at every one of my faults, see they're there, and go out and try to improve on it.

See failures as learning experiences, not character faults.

Criticism is good because it helps finding the faults in me.

As a developing country, China needs a favorable neighbouring and international environment for its modernisation.

I think that's probably one of my favorite things - learning and creating incredible relationships and making mistakes and being responsible for that.

Character building is one of my favourite things to do.

It was just the next logical step from making succinct pop songs. What do you do after that? You make pop songs that are longer and more epic, that push the envelope. Imagine your favourite song, or something that you play over and over in the car, except that you don't have to start it over as much.

A fearful child cannot learn.

I think everything you do, whether it's low budget things when you're first starting out or full feature films or when you're working with Hollywood, you're always learning, all the time.

I did a lot of short films before doing feature films.

I made a lot of short films before making a feature film. Actually, I learnt film-making by making short films.

I just like getting bigger and bigger. Taking it to another level, even as far as features and production.

The difficult part for us is adding features without making the product more complicated.

A lot of the basic research that helped us figure out fracking came from the federal government.

I've done so many jobs because I've had to, not because I've wanted to. And it's honourable to do a job because you need to feed your children, and maybe there is also something in it for your development as an actor. But only up to a point.

Dig for feedback on yourself. You need to have the courage to ask for feedback. You need to learn how you can learn how to grow. It is important that you are going to be a lifelong learner.

I can tell people a story that they believe in and get behind. So I'm good at the leadership part. But I've always said that I'm a terrible manager. I'm not good at giving feedback.

I think it's important for me to share my experiences with the younger players and give them feedback on their performances.

I love reading about new advances in my industry. I love feeding my brain.

I had a lot of learning on my feet.

I was a very feisty teenager and I got into a few altercations, and, you know, you mature and realize that's not the proper way to handle things.