Genndy Tartakovsky Quotes

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.

My 50th birthday approaching felt like a big milestone to me. I've lived half a century. If I write about food and use my life as a fulcrum to move the story along, maybe I've lived long enough to fashion a narrative that has a happy ending.

I was 30 when I did 'The Matrix.' When you turn 30, your life and your world view change. I remember feeling relieved - it was like I was seeing things in a deeper way.

Having a collection of regrets when you hit your 40s is part of the deal.

I was such an idiot until the age of 28.

I think at the age of 30, you still have youthful aspects, but at the same time, you have gathered enough experience to know how to succeed in life. I like this mixture.

I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.

It's funny how you get a bit older and become more accepting of things. When you're in your twenties, you're skeptical of everything. I definitely felt like that.

Even the people I surround myself with... are wiser, a little bit older than me, where before, all my boyfriends were younger.

Life changed at 40 for me, as predicted by my acting teacher when I was leaving college. I became more hirable and more interesting... I'm not sure why.

Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.

Maybe since I was 35 years old it was time to go upstairs.

At the age of 60, I am less experimental and more mature. I want most of all to convey my understanding of life.

The romantic idealism of my youth has been replaced with realism and hard work at what I love.

Life is not quantifiable in terms of age, but I suppose in my fifties I am more grounded and more at ease in my own skin than when I was younger. I have a confidence that I didn't have before from the experiences I've had.

Recently I read the stories I wrote in my early 20s, to put in a volume. And here is this brittle young woman, writing about marriage as, not the worst thing, but the most boring thing that could happen to a person. Now I think I was wrong. I like to be proven wrong.

I just want to keep at it. I can't wait to see, after years of being around, the roles I can play when I'm a crazy old lady.

Its not age as much as the experiences I have had.

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

I've lived a lot in the last 12 years or however long its been since Boy Meets World. I have a lot more to draw upon in playing Randy than I did playing Frankie. Although, I did have a lot of fun playing that role.

I feel like I've matured more musically than I have personally. But I totally embrace what becoming older has to offer. I find the wisdom that comes with each passing year is a trip.

I don't regret anything I've ever done. I only wish I could have done more.

I don't want to put a pause on the rest of my life; I'm really enjoying getting older and the wisdom that comes from that.

By the time you're 30, you know who you are inside. You learn to laugh at things you can't change; you learn to be yourself.