If all of us try to do everything, we will accomplish nothing.
I can't be everything to everyone. Send me your specs.
You can run out of energy if you take on a lot of stuff.
Even though I pretty much made my own decisions early on, when I was younger I tended to overbook my life.
I always have a tendency to take on too many things.
Sloth is most often evidenced in busyness ... in frantic running around, trying to be everything to everyone, and then having no time to listen or pray, no time to become the person who is doing these things.
You wanna be there for everybody, but it's just not possible.
I always joke that, at any given time, I'm supposed to be at two other places.
Between writing, traveling, speaking, preaching, and doing my best to be a good husband to my wife and my three kids, that's about as much as one man or at least this man can do.
When you really want to say no, say no. You can't do everything - or at least not well.
Don't feel like you have to do and be everything.
I was trying to do too many things at the same time, which is my nature. But I was enjoying it, and I still do enjoy it.
There's a tendency in this Hollywood machinery to take on too much. You end up not being able to give everything you want.
I hope you're proud of yourself for the times you've said "yes," when all it meant was extra work for you and was seemingly helpful only to someone else.
Once, I was out of the house 93 days in a year. I was missing grandparents' days at schools and kids' birthdays and Valentine's Day, not to mention the fact that when you're on the road, you can't get anything done. I had to learn to say 'No,' cut back on travel.
We finally sat down and asked ourselves how much of our lives we wanted to give everybody. We had just given a little too much, and it started to become a burden.
I don't think I can plate-spin, I've turned loads of things down because I just can't get the time to do it.
I can get a little scattered and want to be everywhere and want to do everything for everyone.
I've learned that I can't have a packed work schedule and a packed social schedule and a packed personal life; I need to just have time to myself to sit and breathe and unwind.
Promises cost nothing. Say "no" to nobody.
I have to remind myself not to set boundaries.
I try to do as much as I can, but I simply can't shoot two films at a time.
I tend to take on too many projects at the same time, but as I've always done, I will continue to shift my focus onto whatever feels most urgent in the moment.
If I spread myself too thin, I'm not a good actor, I'm not a good mother, and I'm just really high-strung - and everybody hates me.
Learn how to say no. Don't let your mouth overload your back.
