Francisco Costa Quotes

I love being irreverent. But I hate being irrelevant. I love being irreverent because at the end of the day your actions belie your intentions.

I'm very clear about my priorities - quality and credibility is important to me. A film and a character that lives beyond my years is important to me. People's love is important to me.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. My job is to come out here and hoop, and that's what I'm going to do.

I'm sorry, but I am not interested in getting cheap popularity. I've earned my success through sincere hard work. And that's the only success I want.

My focus is my art, and that's what I love to do. I have to be really passionate in order to do something. I've turned down many things that I just didn't believe in.

If you are sincere and true to your work, you will be respected. And for me, respect is power.

If you really believe in a cause, let the cause speak for itself. And if you, by your personality, are damaging that cause, if you really believe in it, you step aside.

Here's how I've lived my life: I've never been late to a set. I make films I believe in. I feel privileged to be able to do what I love.

If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility.

Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.

People know me. I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there. I'm not going to belong on Comedy Central. I'll always be a tennis player, not a celebrity.

You can hate me. You can go out there and say anything you want about me, But you will love me later because I told you the truth.

In every role that I do - whether I'm a teacher, actor or mentor - I do it with total dedication and as much honesty as I feel is required because there's no alternative to honesty and hard work.

Nothing is higher than the love of truth.

My career is based on openness and honesty.

It's funny, a lot of people think I take myself seriously because I come off so serious sometimes. But it's not that I take myself seriously, I take what I do seriously.

Humanity is in my heart. Do I suffer fools? No. Am I a stickler for my profession? Yes. I am a task master? Yes. My military background, football background, I'm a team player all the way, and I love winning.

I tend not to meet the people I write about because I'm not really interested in the people I write about as people. I don't want to know about their family life. I don't want to know about their bad habits or their good deeds. I'm interested in their work.

I give my honest opinion, whether it's right or wrong, but it's an opinion that I'll make.

In all honesty, once you become a professional, number one, you're no longer a fan. I don't root for the Dodgers, really. I just try to do the game as best I can. And the winning and the losing will take care of itself.

Regardless of what happened off the field, that doesn't change what I do on the field and my performance.

I'm not a rapper. I stay in my lane.

I treat acting as my job. I say that, as I have found there is a beauty in separating yourself from the world and from acting.

Whoever I suit up for... I'm going to do my job.

I'm not trying to please everybody. I'm just trying to play for one team and do it the right way.