Paul Rudd Quotes

I don't want to take up a project for the sake of it. I want to work and follow my passion, and not anything else.

I'm not a masochist. I'm simply into trying to enjoy what I do, because otherwise there's no point.

If I stayed in this game for individual achievements, I don't think I'd still be playing.

For me as a filmmaker, I do the projects I'm really excited about.

I just want to play until I think I don't feel good - and if I can still do it. If I can't do it, I don't think I'll keep going once I don't feel I'm playing the way I want to.

I'm just looking for projects I enjoy.

I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.

I am very ambitious and have set goals for myself. I really don't keep a tab on what my contemporaries are doing. I want to push myself as an actress and don't want to get into the rat race. With every film, I want to grow as a person and an actress. The character I play needs to change me in real life.

I haven't been worried about my image so much as I have been trying to find projects to push myself further than before.

If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life?

The goal is to work as much as possible in projects I respect and that will help me grow.

Why go through life if you're not going to challenge yourself?

It's not my business to think about the business; it's my business to think about the character. Sure, there have been times in my career where I wished I was more popular or more this or more that - but that's just stupid.

I think you have to be pragmatic to the approach of life and brutally honest with yourself. We all are here to do something, and it is important to understand our potential first.

I have lots of personal feelings of my own, but at this stage in my life and career, I'm very much driven by assignment.

If I was to sit there and think about anything, it would be, 'What can you look forward to, what can you put your time into, and what can help you grow up?'

I'd like to keep updating myself. That's the only way to make life interesting. And because I am a performer, I like to do it deliberately and with purpose.

I'm just trying to better myself and work on my degree and set something up for the future of my family.

I think with 'Claws,' it came at such a perfect time where I really started to focus and to take myself seriously.

I feel like I have so much to improve on.

I'm just going to keep pushing and try and be the best of version that I can be of me.

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

I feel like I need to improve in every area. That might shock people, but I'm never satisfied with my game.

I don't believe in New Year's resolutions. I think if you want to change something, change it today and don't wait until the New Year.