Thomas Keller Quotes

Whatever I watched, whatever I loved in 36 years of life on Earth, probably had some influence on me.

It's like Forrest Gump said, 'Life is like a box of chocolates.' Your career is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're going to get. But everything you get is going to teach you something along the way and make you the person you are today. That's the exciting part - it's an adventure in itself.

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.

I was really young when I was working on 'Freaks and Geeks.' In a lot of ways, that was the experience that informed a lot of what I've become, and I feel like every experience I have is in some way or another an extension of something that started there.

Everything that I've done has made me who I am today. You know, it's cliche, but it's true.

Many of the most important and life-changing moments of my life occurred when I was a young man. The lessons I learned then formed my character and shaped my destiny.

I think you are a product of the environment you surround yourself in, and everything you've experienced is a part of you and the fabric you are in.

I think everything that happens to you becomes a part of what you end up doing and being and standing for.

I think you learn every day. You can't buy experiences; all these experiences shape you.

When you're little, every experience writes on the canvas of who you are.

Everything that has come my way has moulded me as an actor and as a person.

Most of what I've learnt is too personal or controversial to share, but nevertheless, experiences have helped me understand things better and have been necessary for what my journey in future will be.

If I were to ask you for example right now to go back with me and define those moments in your life that shaped you as a person and you began to reexamine them, something would happen.

Definitely working on 'Deal or No Deal' was a learning experience, and it helped me to understand what I would rather be doing.

My father's peripatetic career also gave me critical perspective when it came to my own career choices.

Everything shapes you to be the person you are today. Sometimes hard lessons pay off dividends.

I think almost everything in life is life-experience, personality-driven.

I think we all wish we could erase some dark times in our lives. But all of life's experiences, bad and good make you who you are. Erasing any of life's experiences would be a great mistake.

I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.

Make bold choices and make mistakes. It's all those things that add up to the person you become.

What we did in our childhoods makes us who we are now.

I felt that with 'In A Perfect World' I was still kind of finding myself - not just as a musician, but also in love and in life.

I am so enriched because so much has happened in my life. The way I can express myself is because of the life I have led. It's only when you experience life can you emote it.

I feel like any experience you can have which adds to your repertoire of things you've done and can add to your character - I'm willing to try.

As far as feeling freedom in my career now versus five years ago... I think if I feel any more free it's simply because of the experiences that I've had, and the wisdom I've accumulated from that time.