Robin Wright Quotes

Good is not good when better is expected.

Perfectionism rarely begets perfection, or satisfaction - only disappointment.

Life does not measure up to performing... Performing is perfect.

Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.

Everything I put my name to and take part in, I want to be good. That's not saying it will always happen. But I want to make bold choices.

I want good work.

If I'd been a housemaid I'd have been the best in Australia - I couldn't help it. It's got to be perfection for me.

Good enough never is.

It's all about perfection, isn't it?

I know it wouldn't seem like I've had a lot of failure in my career, but there are things that I regard as failures, when I look at certain performances and go, 'That's not good enough.'

You can scream at me, call me for a shoot at midnight, keep me waiting for hours - as long as what ends up on the screen is perfect.

If you know anything about me and my history, you know I'm very particular about my projects.

I have always believed in quality work.

I don't like doing substandard work... I can't sleep at night if I make a bad song.

I've always been really hard on myself. If I didn't book a job, I would cry.

For it is fixed principle with me, that whatever is done should be done well.

It distresses us to return work which is not perfect.

I'm very picky; I'm never happy with anything. It's so hard to give the record away and accept that you're done.

You have to take a certain pride in your work.

I always want people to realise that whatever I do is a quality product. And that's what's really important to me.

Neil and I share a desire for great quality in our work. If we are offered projects, look at projects, or consider projects that don't have that quality, then we don't do them.

I'm quite honest and demanding of myself so if I can achieve satisfaction from the job I did, I will be happy.

I have an obsession for quality.

I work really hard. I'm a perfectionist.

I'm too professional, too much of a perfectionist to take my eye off the ball.