Wendy Raquel Robinson Quotes

Even if a kid doesn't go into acting or the arts like I did, some kids need that environment to find themselves and find what they love to do.

I think I would've found myself in the arts somewhere along the lines. If you're creative, you find something, eventually.

I think I was lucky I got into art college. That's what saved me.

My mother gave me a push. If I hadn't had her, maybe I wouldn't have had the push. If I hadn't gone to military school, maybe I wouldn't have decided to get with the program. Maybe I'd be running a bulldozer, rather than going on and doing something more.

My life will change, because I want it to change; and also because this is something I'm committed to doing and that I believe my life has been leading towards.

O, had I but followed the arts!

I just love performing so much, and I threw myself into every musical theater production that was going in my home town and at school. And then, I went to the National Youth Music Theatre, which was really a galvanizing experience for me when I was 17.

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

The early expression of my youth was filled with all the aspects of art.

I think it's really important for actors to have another creative outlet, or for anyone, really.

The arts can be used to socialize young people.

I want to find my own rhythm and style. That's probably the harder way to approach it, but I think it will pay off in the long run.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

You're lacking a human dimension of some sort if you're not interested in the arts.

I play a little guitar, write a few tunes, make a few movies, but none of that's really me. The real me is something else.

Maybe I don't ever fully switch off, but I think the way I offset that is by splitting my time between film and music. I always want to challenge myself and grow, fail, self-flagellate, and then try again.

I couldn't play ball. I couldn't dance. Luckily, the girls didn't want me. Not much I could do about that. So I started to draw and to write. By the time I got to where I was attracting girls, I was already into work, and it was more important to me.

I have never had any success in planning my life, really.

I think it's really important, as an actor in this business, to have another creative outlet.

Have respect, hard work, faith and dedication, all these things. No matter what environment you're in, they should keep you strong. Knowing this, I surround myself with people who have similar beliefs. People who don't let me forget who I am or where I come from.

The enjoyment of playing football gave me a positive pathway, but I could have taken a very different path.

My brain has a weird way of turning pressure into other things. I make a point to myself of shrugging it off - of going the other way and doing something for myself, wanting to do something better. For example, I know that I could have made 'Lonerism 2.0' in a day, but it wouldn't have satisfied me.

I wake up, and I'm in the zone... My performance is the continuation of my life.

I've got to be the best person that Tyrann can be.

I showed that I can keep my mind focused.