Atom Egoyan Quotes

I always say the same thing - believe in what you do, do it, and don't veer away from the truth of it.

There's not point in doing anything without conviction.

I just try to speak passionately about things I'm involved in and moved by.

The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do.

I've never made a film that I didn't believe in, you know? However the picture turns out, I've always given everything to it. That's kind of how I approach life. I can't help it. There's no part-way with me on anything in any area of my life.

If I say I'm the best actor for the part, I mean it and I'm not kidding.

You have to believe in what you do. Take something you truly believe in and go about it in an honest way.

What I don't want to do is go out there and not be able to mean it, you know?

I really, sincerely and honestly, do the best that I can.

Do it from the heart or not at all.

Whatever I believed, I did; I did with my whole heart and mind as far as possible to do so.

We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.

If you get an idea, you might as well stick with it until somebody calls you on it.

Whatever you do, don't do it halfway.

When you feel so strongly about something and other people feel equally strongly, you have to feel stronger about it in order to succeed.

I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.

To be good, you need to believe in what you're doing.

No virtue is safe that is not enthusiastic.

Once you commit to something, you've got to commit the whole way. Try and make the best of it.

Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.

Never treat anything you do as a stepping stone. Do it fully, and follow it completely.

My family has been around campaigns for a long time. It's something you really have to be sure that you alone want to do. Because if not, if you don't want to do it, that will just blow through the surface at some point, and people can tell. And when people can tell, it's all over.

I would never, never do anything unless I believed in it.

Can one truly be passionate about something if they are not committed to it?

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.