Kate Middleton Quotes

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

When I won my way to the international science fair, I didn't want to embarrass myself. It was the first time I was going to be away from home, the first time taking an airplane. I went to the local library, checked out every single etiquette book, and I read those books like I was uncovering some sort of treasure.

Why stop now when I'm just getting the hang of it?

Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it.

I couldn't do everything in the first or second day; it took me years to be able to get to the achievement that I've had. I wasn't perfect from the beginning.

All the things you do, even the shows that don't work, are as much work, but you learn more from the things that are difficult.

I had to prepare hard for number four because that's not where I batted all my life.

When you are in the big competition for the first time, you grow, and then you lose something when you go back into your own competition.

Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.

My job now is to work hard and learn all I can.

In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.

With a popular show, you know that there's expectations there, so that's a little nerve-wracking when you're new and you're just trying to find your legs on something, but it's exciting, too, because that's what we work so hard for.

Every time I do one I feel like I've never really quite learned anything. I always find that when I'm making a film, I find it a little bit like I'm doing it for the first time.

To the new 'Apprentice' candidates I would say to follow your gut instincts, be yourself and get ready to work hard for the next few months. Oh, and try to have some fun!

I pledged to become the world's greatest expert in a field I knew nothing about.

When I first started with 'Twilight,' I didn't have any experience. I didn't know what I was doing. So I was pretty intimidated by the editors and the publishers, and I felt like I was a kid in school with the principal telling me what to do! It was hard for me.

I was a hard worker, and I always knew my lines.

If I'm nervous, it means I had to work hard to get there, whether it's playing in a tournament or speaking at an event. So I try to stop and be proud of getting to live in that moment.

I always imagined that I would learn something each time that I would take to a new project, then I realized that each new project poses a completely different challenge.

We were all novices. We really were. We didn't know a goddamn thing about doing a show.

Every job feels like my first.

I admire when people take the harder path, not because they are masochistic and want to beat themselves up, but because you actually kind of learn more and I think you grow more.

Don't forget, I'm 39. I didn't come here just for the money to impress myself. I'm not saying I am going to be dominating. I'm not saying I'm going to be good. But I can promise you I will do all the right things to play.

I'm getting to be a real pro at coming into things midstream and trying to catch up.

I don't know how you prepare for something like that. I cannot imagine living in a fishbowl like that. I don't live here so I don't know it will be that bad anyway because I live in Paris and we don't have that sort of phenomenon there. So I don't know, we'll see what happens.