Tom Hanks Quotes

I played Romeo when I was younger, and I think I did a couple kind Romeo-like parts after that, and I kind of went, 'I mustn't do this again. I must always choose something that I don't know if I'm a good enough actor to play.'

I don't know what I'm really good at. I'm really good at sittin' by the pool. I have to work at that. I'm really bad at auditioning.

They lyrical content has grown more introspective and less abstract. I don't know if that's good or bad... Sometimes it feels a little raw to be putting so much of myself out there.

I always considered myself being an organizer. I'm very good at teaching singers, I'm very good at staging a show, to entertain people. But I never included myself. I never applied this to me as an artist.

I realized that acting was the thing I was still maybe the best at. Of the things I felt like I was good at, that was the thing that came the most naturally to me.

When I do things that aren't very good, I'm worse as an actor. I don't know what I pick up - but it's something not very nice.

In television or a movie I bring my own ego and consequently can mess up. In the theatre I learnt very quickly to shut up and listen. Now I am able to get out of my own way.

When I hear my first album today I hear myself reading my rhymes but I'm my worst critic.

I have gained confidence in front of the camera.

Throughout my career, I have criticized my every single step and I am open to any criticism.

When I was younger, I used to love the idea of writing songs and performing them live. But that was all I thought about. I didn't think about people getting to know my face.

Usually if you haven't figured out how you want to play tennis yourself, it is hard to accept the failures of playing five sets.

I'm just trying to be the best Doug Baldwin I can be.

I was never going to be the best player the world has ever seen but one thing I can be proud of is that I genuinely believe I have become the best player that I could have become.

I learnt that an actor should be willing to take risks, try new things and unlearn stuff.

I'm going to be the best fighter I can be and focus on being me.

We went from playing small clubs to quite big stages quite quickly, and a lot of the time, I felt like I was trying to catch up with myself. Figuring out how to take up space was an interesting journey.

Our biggest competitor is ourselves.

When film director T.K. Rajeevkumar cast me in the role of the iconic Rathi in the new edition of 'Rathinirvedam,' I had no idea it was such a cult film.

We are all products of our experiences, good and bad. Sometimes you learn as much from the negative experiences as you do from the positive.

If I had known my own limitations, I never would have taken the risk, and the risk led to one my greatest artistic and personal experiences.

We always do the best we can by the light we have to see by.

I don't compete with others, but compete with myself.

You can criticize yourself to a point to do something better, or you criticize yourself to a point where you inhibit yourself.

art is exposure. And until you've developed a degree of maturity to handle that knowledge, you are revealing what other people keep hidden.