Scott Cook Quotes

I can always see what I've done wrong. I'm always learning. I'm the perennial student.

But I've got more to learn, too. I don't feel like I'm done or I know it all.

Humility in this business [acting] isn't just a matter of being polite, it's kind of a matter of survival. You can't ever afford to think that you're the bee's knees, because you could always afford to be better. You have to always be searching for something better.

I never felt I knew it all. I always felt there's something new to learn, something new to do.

Everybody's a work in progress. I'm a work in progress. I mean, I've never arrived... I'm still learning all the time.

I feel like I'm constantly learning. Constantly trying to grow.

I appreciate both good and bad - I don't want to sit in a bubble where everyone just tells me everything positive to keep my morale high.

I'm about growth for myself. So if I've made a lot of mistakes, and I haven't learnt from them, then I've failed as a human being.

If I can understand criticism, I take it very seriously. But it's a process; it doesn't happen overnight.

Everyone has their opinion, and if no one criticizes, how will I improve my work?

I hope I continue to learn. If I don't, then I know everything.

There's always so much to improve, no matter your age.

Throughout my career, I have criticized my every single step and I am open to any criticism.

You have to be critical of what you do every day, to analyze it and be willing to push it further.

I take very seriously this notion that my highest job is to live a better life, all the time and to the best of my ability. I need to monitor my own progress - take my own inventory - and clean my own closet. I am trying to do all that.

Progression, in my opinion, is often identifying shortcomings - whether it's views or the things you're doing in your life, your relationships - and trying to find the places where you improve on those.

It's rare for artists to really stare deeply at themselves in the mirror, literally, because there's constantly a mirror on you. But figuratively speaking, I'm really into growth, so when I look in the mirror, I see somebody who's just trying to get better everyday.

It's tough when you started out as young as I did to look back and see how far I've come. I try to be easy on myself and go 'Look man, you were younger, you were learning; you learn, you grow.' But I'm not my best judge. I always feel like my best work is still ahead of me.

The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.

Rich people constantly learn and grow. Poor people think they already know.

I'm my own biggest critic, and the only way I'm going to improve is to see what I was doing wrong.

It's more important to know your weaknesses than your strengths.

'What am I missing?' is a much more important question than 'How cool am I?'

If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.

Every job I do, I like to think it makes me better or I learn things. It's all about how much something's going to stretch me or test me.