Stephen Sondheim Quotes

Everything in life is a lesson and I have learned from each marriage. Yes, I've made mistakes but every experience is a learning curve.

My profession has helped me to grow up.

I don't think I would go back and change anything that's happened in my career, because maybe those things were steppingstones to where I am now.

You've got to go through times in your life when you're not going to make the greatest decisions. But the thing is, I always say, you grade a person on what they've become after they've made some mistakes. Because it's so easy to make mistakes when you're young.

In my early career, I look at that time as a series of trial and error and learning as I go.

I've gotten away with a lot in my life. The older you get the more you realize you're not getting away with it, it's taking its toll somewhere. So you try not to put yourself in those situations. Part of the mysterious process called growing up. Some people do that better than others.

I'm not sure I'd go back and do anything over in my life. I've definitely had my fair share of failures and moments where I wasted my time or that of other people, but if I did those moments over, I'd have missed out on so many lessons.

I like getting older. When you're in your twenties you're really forging for your future. Things take shape later on.

I know that in my past I was young and irresponsible - but that's what growing up is. You learn from your mistakes.

Every experience makes you grow.

My job now is to work hard and learn all I can.

I kind of knew it wasn't going to be until my 30s that I really hit my stride as an actor.

Through the years I've been getting better and better and better, and it's what you learn though the seasons.

So I did that for a long time in my career, and I waited for parts to play myself just physically down a little bit. But I do feel like I'm at a place in my career now where I don't necessarily fret about that too much anymore.

I'm always really excited to try something new in my profession that I haven't done yet.

I have made a few mistakes early on that I admit myself, and there have been times when I have gone over the top and done things that you shouldn't do in international cricket, but that's how you learn.

My mom calls me an older soul because, growing up, she taught me stuff real early. Now I spend most of my time chasing wisdom, chasing understanding.

I'm a person who gets better with practice. Getting older is awesome - because you get more practice.

Personally, my twenties were a complete waste of time. Professionally, I hope some good came of them.

You live, you learn.

By the time you're 30, you know who you are inside. You learn to laugh at things you can't change; you learn to be yourself.

At 19, you know everything; by the time you're 40, you haven't got a clue.

I'm so happy in the projects that I'm able to make, to be involved in projects like this. This isn't always where it was at for me, I started working when I was a kid. I'm just a different person now, I'm 30. I started working when I was 11 and it's a different ballgame.

Experience is a great teacher.

And maybe I'm a little smarter now than I was before for all the stupid things I've done.