Michael Phelps Quote

My own way of thinking is to ponder long and I hope deeply on problems and for a long time which I keep away for years and years and I never really let them go.

Roger Penrose

I think a film set is a quite controlled environment and you feel like you can trust them and it is going to be a safe place to work, but I really don't think about it.

Orlando Bloom

I just think they're really insecure about themselves sometimes. I know all the girls, but we all work a lot and don't have time to hang out together. They're all really nice; I've never had a problem with any model.

Adriana Lima

I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.

Henri Matisse

• Prayer

Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied... That's why they can keep on working. I've been able to work for so long because I think next time, I'll make something good.

Akira Kurosawa

I work really quickly, though everyone seems to think otherwise.

Akira Kurosawa

One ought to examine himself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others.

Moliere

• Truth
• Time
• Thinking

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

Vincent Van Gogh

• Mind
• Soul

I'm at a time in my life that for me to go back to work it has to be something I feel really passionate about; otherwise I'm not as interested.

Nicole Kidman

• Life
• Passion

For a long time I have compared cinema to music, I think cinema has a lot to do with the rhythm of music.

Isabelle Huppert

Oh yes, yes they did, but it came from a long time ago, it was not possible for me to change it. Me and the style, we have grown together.

Haile Gebrselassie

• Change

The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when he suddenly knows what he will do.

Igor Stravinsky

I'm a perfectionist, so I can drive myself mad - and other people, too. At the same time, I think that's one of the reasons I'm successful. Because I really care about what I do.

Michelle Pfeiffer

• Perfection

Dream on it. Let your mind take you to places you would like to go, and then think about it and plan it and celebrate the possibilities. And don't listen to anyone who doesn't know how to dream.

Liza Minnelli

• Mind
• Listening

The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever I love and am with most of the time, or whomever I remember most vividly. I think that's true of everyone, don't you?

Tennessee Williams

When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even nice - you have to put in six.

Alicia Keys

I want to work for a long, long time and keep growing in my work, and if I am very lucky and very blessed, maybe somewhere along the line there will be one movie in there that becomes a classic.

Salma Hayek

I just had a baby. I'm not going to work unless it's something really special and meaningful, because I can't imagine missing all that time with my daughter.

Gwyneth Paltrow

I think it's still hard for me to turn down work if it's really good because for so many years I was so desperate to get a job and couldn't and so it's kind of an anathema for me to turn down work.

Matt Damon

I think what drove me insane for a long time is feeling like I hadn't earned most of what I achieved because it came so fast.

Charlie Sheen