Juan Diego Florez Quotes

I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.

Honestly speaking, I don't like my films. When I watch them, I see a lot of scope for improvement, so if I were to see any of my films, like 'Dhoom,' I might say... 'It would have been better if...' or 'had it been...' and this is all about evolving.

I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going - I have no post-satisfaction.

I have this desire to keep improving, so I find fault.

I always want to become better. If never being satisfied is a problem, then I have it. At least it's a good problem.

I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

I know I'm a good professional, I know that no one's harder on me than myself and that's never going to change, under any circumstances.

It is much easier to find fault with others, than to be faultless ourselves.

I get angry if I do things wrong, but that's what keeps me going. I want to do my best.

For me, making music is a continuous learning experience, and I think that it feeds itself.

I always say I've given 24 insufficient performances and I'm looking forward to the time in my life when I'll do something that I think is good. There's always stuff you can do better, stuff that maybe you didn't uncover enough. But if you do something that you truly believe is perfect, then that's got to be the last movie you do.

I think I always just want to get better at whatever I'm doing... Always strive for excellence.

The selfish thing about an athlete is you always look at the side of things where you say I could've done that better.

Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.

I'm actually tougher on myself as I get older. It's a vicious cycle. The things that are important in life are the things that you can't buy in life: love, health and happiness. I say that, and I believe that, and I try to live that.

I've never been happy with the quality of my work. I always felt as though my musicianship was lacking and that I should have worked harder at it when I was younger. As I sang and sang, I improved.

I'm forever testing myself. As a person and as an actor, I have no sense of competition.

I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out.

I like pushing myself, and usually if I'm not good at something I just won't do it because I'm a perfectionist.

As tough as I've been on anybody, as hard as I've ever been on anybody, I have been harder on myself. By far.

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.

You know, when I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that, you know, you still have work to do and you still have a lot of people to impress.

I am very self-critical, but that's a good thing because it keeps me growing as a human being and as a musician.

One of the by-products of being a perfectionist and constantly trying to improve myself are sobering feelings of low-grade anxiety and a nagging sense of inadequacy. But this is not anxiety without a purpose. No, this anxiety keeps me humble. It creates a healthy tension that serves as the catalyst that drives me to fulfill my limited potential.

My mum has always said I am too hard on myself. But I have always been like that and it has always helped me. After matches I focus only on what I did wrong. Never what I did well.