Don't get me wrong. I don't take anything for granted. But it seems like the better I play, the more attention I get. And I can't get away from it. You play great, you get attention. But I hate attention. It is weird. I'm in a bind. The more you win, the more they come.
My fears are never about failure - it's about extreme success.
If one felt successful, there'd be so little incentive to be successful.
The paradox of the prophet: his very success is his failure. The prophet whose time has come no longer shocks; he entertains.
God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though-and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who wants to hide, but is unsuccessful at hiding; therefore, somehow I succeed.
You want success, and then when you do get it, you don't want it because of the attention.
Success can eliminate as many options as failure.
Nothing fails like success—because the self-imposed task of our society and all its members is a contradiction: to force things to happen which are acceptable only when they happen without force.
I think all actors have a similar deal. You want some people who understand. Although it looks great - and is great - there are also shoddy moments when you feel really rotten, and when it's going well, you're not allowed to complain.
The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success.
