I love pressure situations. I won't run for cover, and I'll try to take as much of the heat as possible. Because I feel I can stand it better than most people.
I purposely put myself in new, stressful situations so that I can continuously learn.
It's a conscious decision to keep trying to do something new, to do things that excite me from my gut.
The key is to never recognize these imbalances. To not let the dauntingness daunt us.
To this day, even when I hear about problems, as you've probably noticed, I tend to call them challenges. I don't dwell on them, and I immediately focus on how I can convert the challenge into an opportunity.
I welcome challenges. I like challenges. It gives me a reason to keep going.
In order to succeed greatly, you have to be prepared to fail greatly. If you can't do both of them, you've got a problem.
Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can.
I like to put myself in the most uncomfortable position.
Like all actors, I was open to taking on new challenges, including those outside my comfort zone.
I could live my whole life being so comfortable doing things I've already worked hard to not be nervous at, or I could continue to push the envelope and make myself uncomfortable and learn and see what I'm capable of, and acting is definitely that.
In terms of tackling different subjects, I can't really think of anything I wouldn't want to try; that's the fun of it right? Each new style brings new challenges - not that you shouldn't focus on one and master it, but it takes so long to make a film, you just want to have some variety.
If I know I make this much trouble, I never climb Everest.
We were not unmindful of the difficulties involved. So we decided to go through a process of self-purification.
The secret of success is to make your mind work for you - not against you. This means constantly being positive, constantly setting up challenges you can meet - either today, next week, or next month etc.
To stay interested in acting, I have to keep trying stuff I've never done before.
One doesn't accept bad challenges. Part of it is always the risk-taking without seeing that the risks are rational and the rewards are commensurate.. are more than commensurate.. with the risks.
I've always tried to push myself technically and to push myself visually. That's been part of the journey.
Every role affords me something different in the way of understanding, and that's really why you take these roles, not to show that thing that people talk about of showing what you can do - that has nothing to do with anything.
The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead.
It is natural that we face obstacles in pursuit of our goals. But if we remain passive, making no effort to solve the problems we meet, conflicts will arise and hindrances will grow. Transforming these obstacles into opportunities is a challenge to our human ingenuity.
My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.
And I wouldn't take on such a big thing if I didn't think I could nail it.
The recommendation when I'm mentoring folks, I always tell them - and we talked about this last year - take a risk.
What we found was that the greater proportion of process praise, the more likely the child was to have a mindset five years later that welcomed challenges and that represented traits as malleable, not a label you were stuck with.
