Derek Carr Quotes

Some of the things I did in my early career were massive learning curves because I had no one to guide me. You learn very quickly because it costs you torment and trouble.

No one can be an expected to be an expert at something before they have tried it.

When you first come into the league you don't know what to expect. And then if you do, you're ready, but then it's different when you're playing and getting reps. It's just like anything, you start to do something, play it enough and do it enough then you can get good at it.

Somewhere along the line you've got to do your apprenticeship. But I'd want half a chance of being successful at it.

There is no schooling for fame and success. You learn as you walk.

I like the idea of finding parts that I know I can do but I don't totally understand them right away.

Sometimes the best way to learn something is by doing it wrong and looking at what you did.

I learned everything along the way. I only performed five times before I was in the public eye.

You learn more when things go wrong.

But it's a journey and the sad thing is you only learn from experience, so as much as someone can tell you things, you have to go out there and make your own mistakes in order to learn.

You're going to figure it out, as you go. I think that's how people feel about having children, as well. You're not going to learn how to do it until you do it.

Some advice from a beginner: never judge your full potential based on your first run.

The best way to learn is getting out there, getting reps, and making mistakes.

I learnt to relax a little more and enjoy the process, which is something I didn't do in my first movie - understandably, I guess.

I realised years ago that no one really knows what they're doing and you kind of just learn by observing.

It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.

Every experience makes you grow.

I never took an acting class, so I've made all my mistakes on film.

Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.

I had to gain experience as I did not have a technical education.

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.

The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.

Look, you have to make mistakes. That's how you learn and that's how the world works.

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.

To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.