Mira Sorvino Quotes

Do what you haven't done is the key, I think.

Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.

We all want to not repeat ourselves constantly, and explore the limits of our capabilities.

MAN’S ONLY LIMITATION, within reason, LIES IN HIS DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF HIS IMAGINATION.

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.

It's so important to never limit yourself, to find yourself in a box.

I am capable of much more. I guess every artist feels that way. If you are satisfied, you begin to stagnate. I want to grow as an actress every day. There are so many things you can learn, and you can improve upon your skills and abilities every day.

I've had an addiction for a long time to the whole business of maximizing one's potential, what I call human activation. The vehicle for actualizing oneself is choice, options, seeking out the proper choices.

Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable of being.

If you really want to know yourself, start by writing a book.

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

I believe in growth - in myself and in the characters I create.

My daughter's 19. I'm not asking her to develop as an artist. I'm just asking her to develop as a full person, human being.

I'm interested in pursuing roles that allow me to push against my own walls, my own constraints as a human being, and to find out where I'm capable of going. In real life, I'm not very good at feeling emotions, so I like to do it through my work.

It's like dance is a metaphor for going beyond where you think you can go.

You will enrich your life immeasurably if you approach it with a sense of wonder and discovery, and always challenge yourself to try new things.

I don't know, as long as I get to evolve and grow as an actor and as a person, that's the stuff I'm after.

I feel like it's important every once in a while to estrange ourselves from the familiar to remind ourselves of the potentialities of people, how many different ways there are of being.

All the time I'm changing as an artist and as a person.

I like writing, but I write for self-improvement more than I do for money.

The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.

I'm looking at doing things that challenge me.

Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.

It's good to feel stupid sometimes and do things that are out of your comfort zone.