Those who succeed in an outstanding way seldom do so before the age of 40. More often, they do not strike their real pace until they are well beyond the age of 50.
I think most people have that out of body experience when they win the Oscar.
Success is uncommon and not to be enjoyed by the common man. I'm looking for uncommon people because we want to be successful, not average.
This is the first medal I've ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It feels great. I can't explain it.
I've been extraordinarily successful for my age. I think for probably anyone's age, I'm very fortunate.
You have to believe in the unrealistic to do something extraordinary - to create a miracle.
Not many people can say, 'I was top 150 in the world for something,' in any discipline.
In my age group I don't know a single woman who is as successful as I am. I am the total exception. You can be very proud of it. But you are also very isolated.
I will never, ever do a film as successful as the Harry Potter series. But neither will anyone else.
She’s the kind of person who either dies tragically at twenty-seven, like Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, or else grows up to win, like, the first-ever Nobel Prize for Awesome.
