There's an expression: Great is the enemy of the good. Sometimes in trying to be great, you make a mess of things.
When I do solo material I definitely tend to overthink it. I make a lot of rules for myself that are a little bit arbitrary and... it's just painful.
Life doesn't have to be as hard as we make it for ourselves a lot of the time.
Perfectionism kills art. I find that if I criticise myself, it spoils the fun. You can get paralysed by analysis - it takes all the playfulness away.
To carry a false persona is an extra burden. Who needs that?
One of the biggest mistakes people make when they cook for other people is to think that it has to be fancy and elaborate. This results in enormous expense and nine days of labor, plus you end up trying to assemble a croquembouche in front of your guests and everyone's experiencing flop sweat.
People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.
This constant feeling of, 'I have to have everything figured out' is not going to get anyone anywhere.
It is very important not to try too hard because in the past I think I have done that.
Sometimes when you've only got a few snaps, guys try to do too much and try to make too much happen.
In the light of our culture, these are not unreasonable questions and tactics, but if once again, we try to see the lens through which we look, we can see that there is far too great an emphasis placed on the future.
There's no need for City to make me have two training sessions a day.
I feel like I've definitely let some good finishes go because of pushing too hard at the wrong time.
I've been on sets where things weren't relaxed because someone was creating tension for no reason.
All that attention to the perfect lighting, the perfect this, the perfect that, I find terribly annoying.
You can put too much pressure on yourself. You can start forcing balls, maybe trying too hard. You make things too complicated.
Perfection, to me, means you spend much too much time trying to be perfect.
If you start imagining an audience for yourself, you don't do justice to the job. You fall into that trap of a self-image.
We all know that the desire for perfection can get in the way of authenticity and enjoyment; it's the same with games. There's a completist part to many of us that can't rest until we reach the perfect 100% finish point.
People destroy relationships because they force unnecessary issues instead of letting it grow naturally and organically. Once somebody feels trapped or forced into something it's only a matter of time before they run.
I find the term 'workaholic' to be distasteful because it reminds me of the harried-looking lawyers I recall chained to their desks through nights and weekends during my lawyer days years ago.
I have learned one thing in my life: If I put too much pressure on myself, then everything goes wrong.
It's all false pressure; you put the heat on yourself, you get it from the networks and record companies and movie studios. You put more pressure on yourself to make everything that much harder.
Picture being forced to talk endlessly about your feelings and listen and care when what you needed was just to get something done.
Why the hell do we make such a big deal out of things that shouldn't be a big deal?
