Acting is about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
"The act of writing is an act of resistance against forgetting."
I used to walk down the street like I was a star... I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be - and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth.
You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.