Jacques Audiard Quotes

The main thing about writing is... writing. Sitting your butt down in the chair and doing the work.

I've always worked hard and stayed focused.

I was born with an ability to concentrate very hard on a job for a long time.

If you really want to write, then shut yourself in a room, close the door, and WRITE. If you don't want to write, do something else. It's as simple as that.

I enjoy hard work; I love setting goals and achieving them.

I just keep my head down and work hard on what I do.

Focus is the secret to success. Focus and enjoying whatever it is you're doing.

Besides training, you need to be focused and not shy away from hard work.

I have always stayed focused, working to the fullest.

It gets hard no matter what it is you're doing - school, work - the only way you're going to do it is if you stay consistent and focused.

If you work hard at something, you can forget everything else.

I'm 32 this year so I'm experienced, I know how it is: sometimes you do very easy things and sometimes you can do crazy things that you don't understand. It's just to be focused on the hard work. For me, that's always the No 1 thing.

When I'm doing something, I do work hard at it.

Plow through the weeds. Go to the auditions and go to the meetings and be on time. Stop looking to the left or the right. Keep your head down and keep moving.

You've got to work hard for your success and you've got to have a steady presence. That's the secret.

I can just put my head down and train hard.

Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.

I'm a big believer in persistence, don't be greedy and, above all, work hard. It's what keeps me going.

You don't turn out as many books as I did then by sitting around, being cozy with the family.

The secret of success lies in that old word, 'Drudgery,' in doing one thing long after it ceases to be amusing; and it is 'this one thing I do' that gathers me together from my chaos, that concentrates me from possibilities to powers, and turns powers into achievements.

My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.

I am very, very diligent and extremely hard-working.

It's not like I have media out there when I'm training. I'm training the same. I'm putting in the same work.

My point is, if you want to achieve anything in life, it is not enough to merely wish for it. You must develop that kind of 4:30 AM discipline that distinguishes you from others.

When I step back and look at all of these really successful people that I've worked with, one thing I do take away from it is how hard they work and how focused they are.