Quotes About Maturity

I just think, at my stage of life, becoming a new grandfather, it's about time I started to behave like a grandfather.

That's what made me a man, having to fend for myself and being in a situation where there is no dad, no grandma, and no mom to help you. It changed the person that I am today.

I have a role now that I think becomes me. I am a grandmother.

Everything that happens later in life is appreciated in a different way. You can appreciate the thing for what it is, which you couldn't if you were 25 and had never experienced much else. You would take it all for granted and think that's what life is like.

I feel a different person in a lot of ways. I feel much more professional and dedicated to my trade than I used to be. I appreciate this ability I've got - and don't take it for granted any more. That fits every aspect of my life now.

When I was 18 or 19, I would come into training, and I'd be the last in and first out. I was one of those that took everything for granted, and I'm honest about that now.

Granted, there's been mistakes made immaturely, but a marriage is a marriage.

I love to work. I actually enjoy it now more than I did when I was in my 20s. I don't know why, but I'm just grateful.

I think success happens when it's supposed to and when you can appreciate it. I am grateful that it didn't happen for me at 22 or 23. I would've been foolish enough to think that we're all entitled to it, instead of it being the divine blessing that it is.

We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair.

You can't worry about looks. It's about the inside at the end of the day because we're all going to get old and gray one day.

I don't think I listen to anything that I did when I was 17. I've changed a great deal.

I was never involved in any fights in high school. I'm glad I wasn't. I'm not very big, and I don't find great joy in cuts and bruises.

I've lived a lot since I was 16, so I've got more things to write about. I've started playing around the world and met some great people along the way who've taught me lots of things.

Experience can be a great teacher.

The great thing about arriving at this age is that I don't even care about my career anymore.

That's the greatest thing: an experience you can grow from.

I don't know if I'd say I feel green, but I'm getting to know myself as an actor now in a way that I never did as a kid.

Grave was the man in years, in looks, in word, his locks were grey, yet was his courage green.

I'm sprouting more than one wonderful grey hair.

I get the feeling that audiences have become mature and they understand that not every character is in black or white. There can be grey shades to it.

A lot of actors just don't seem grown up no matter how old they get... just juveniles with grey hair.

I have been grey since I was 20 years old!

I really have shaken hands with where my voice is right now. I think it's got a little deeper; it's got some more grooves in it.