Max Schneider Quotes

I'm lucky to be in a profession where you can keep getting better.

If you're going to be a professional you continue to grow.

All the time, as an actor, you want to be asking what's next and where things are going. If you're not asking those questions, you're not growing.

I'm still working on my career, still trying to learn from other artistes and develop my skills and my style.

Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?

All of my career has been an attempt to educate myself and get paid for it.

The actor's journey to learn should never stop.

I am always on the lookout for roles which will help me better myself.

I've always been about learning. No matter how long I've been in the business or where I've been in a company, I've always wanted to continue to learn.

I want to evolve and improve as a professional.

I want to keep working with the best, keep going and be a better actor each time I go and dive into something.

I am capable of much more. I guess every artist feels that way. If you are satisfied, you begin to stagnate. I want to grow as an actress every day. There are so many things you can learn, and you can improve upon your skills and abilities every day.

Even your most talented employees have room for growth in some area, and you're doing your employee a disservice if the sum of your review is: 'You're great!' No matter how talented the employee, think of ways he could grow towards the position he might want to hold two, five, or 10 years down the line.

I got the first job and kept going. Once I got a job, I very much wanted to keep getting jobs, basically. I did try to learn what I could in those first couple of decades.

No matter what your profession is, it's good to scare yourself a little from time to time! It's crucial to keep challenging yourself and to learn from people who are more accomplished than you are.

There is no real limit to how much better a person who really commits to getting better can get. Every manager has the potential to become an excellent manager for the rest of his or her career.

There are some aspects of work you need to keep working on and no matter what environment you are in. Continuous learning is very important. It's what I call 'competitive tension', which is about having a competition around.

One needs to constantly read up, practice and work, irrespective of your profession. If I feel as an actor that I know everything, then how will I to grow? How will I improve? I'll be stuck in a rut, and eventually I'll grow complacent.

I consider my education to be the first 10 years of my career.

If you ever get to a point where you stop learning, you will find your professional options and your personal satisfaction severely curtailed.

Never stop training, no matter what level you're at. Never, ever stop putting your talent under a microscope and asking, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah - I'm doing all this stuff right, but what's wrong with my acting?'

As an actor, you keep learning. There's no end to it.

When you get to a certain point in your career, it's easy to just phone it in, to get complacent. If you're not careful, you can stop challenging yourself.

I learn everything with my every film. If we stop learning, we would stop growing as an actor.

I must say I have turned down several great companies, so I'd probably say I have to keep learning.