I’ve got no need to prove to myself that I can do Shakespeare. I’ve done it.

When I was performing the songs on ‚Kiss Land,‘ it was a great singalong. But there were moments where I realized some parts were catchier than the others. There’s maybe two choruses on all of ‚Kiss Land.‘

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.

I think it’s healthy for a person to be nervous. It means you care – that you work hard and want to give a great performance. You just have to channel that nervous energy into the show.

This above all; to thine own self be true.

There’s been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that’s simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we’ve won when I score 10.

I’d go from film to film and almost detach from one world and jump in another. I was living as these people and not having a self. I didn’t know who I was. And things just get really dark.

Shakespeare – I was very influenced – still am – by Shakespeare. I couldn’t believe that a white man in the 16th century could so know my heart.

See, ‚A Time to Kill‘ was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do.

All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.

I take a lot of pride in the work I do, because people pay to see me. They’ve got to get babysitters, park their car, get popcorn and candy. I’ve got to be conscious of that.

Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.

I try not to go around looking like a hag.

I seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong women. It’s like people see Hackers and they send me offers to play tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top. I’d like to play strong women who are also very feminine.

I am growing handsome very fast indeed! I expect I shall be the belle of Amherst when I reach my 17th year. I don’t doubt that I shall have perfect crowds of admirers at that age. Then how I shall delight to make them await my bidding, and with what delight shall I witness their suspense while I make my final decision.

I wasn’t a pretty girl. I was six feet tall at 15, you know.

I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.

I played Othello, but I didn’t sit around thinking how Laurence Olivier did it when he played it. That wouldn’t do me any good.

It’s simple: You get a part. You play a part. You play it well. You do your work and you go home. And what is wonderful about movies is that once they’re done, they belong to the people. Once you make it, it’s what they see. That’s where my head is at.

I don’t have a vast longing for the stage.

At Real, psychological pressure on the players is much more serious than at United. This is good. At many clubs, you don’t know the consequence of playing badly.

Confidence is always a good thing to have going into the weekend. Especially where it’s quite difficult to put the lap together.

I’m really happy and had such an amazing time performing at Super Bowl – wish I could relive it all over again.

Who I am on stage is very, very different to who I am in real life.

The writing is important, but the way you say the line and the pause you give it, the facial expression – all of that is very important.

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

The art of acting is not to act. Once you show them more, what you show them, in fact is bad acting.

As long as I stay in training and play well, I don’t see what objection there can be to what I do off the field.

I won’t be satisfied until people want to hear me sing without looking at me. Of course, that doesn’t mean I want them to stop looking.

He who has faith has… an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well – even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Because we’re actors we can pretend and fake it, but I’d rather the intimate investment was authentic.

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.

I am able to play monsters well. I understand monsters. I understand madmen.

Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love.

If I can get my dress on, my weight is under control.

Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me. Every night I had a live audience of 25,000 people to win over. My goal was never to be the loudest or the craziest. It was to be the most entertaining.

To be honest, I never really considered myself to be too much of an actress. So, whenever I get the chance to do music, I’m always, like, just in it. It’s like, ‚Oh my God, I finally get to do this. I’m so happy.‘

It’s very intense to be in front of a live audience. It’s just an amazing experience. It’s dangerous. Everything out there is heightened. The bad stuff is extra-worse. The silences are extra-silent. The good stuff is amazing. It’s electric when you walk out there. For 90 minutes, you’re on this other planet.

I want to play a fireman and a spy. I want to learn special effects.

Boldness be my friend.

You have to feel confident. If you don’t, then you’re going to be hesitant and defensive, and there’ll be a lot of things working against you.

I have a self-defense mind. I’ve had it all my life.

It’s not bragging if you can back it up.

I worked with Lawrence Olivier some years ago. He was a great mentor.

And, honestly, if somebody wants to criticize me for not being a trainwreck, that’s fine with me!

I think that once you’ve had a few No. 1s in your career that you’ve kind of proven yourself, and I don’t feel the need to prove anything anymore.

I’m not afraid to look bad on the screen.

O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.

False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That’s why I started in with the props.

There are times when you throw an interception and you’re beating yourself up.

I’m crazy and I don’t pretend to be anything else.

To be honest with you, when I got into this I never thought about reviews. I never thought about what people would say about me. I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.

My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.

Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.

To me, if you’re trying to impress a girl, get a date, they’re gonna like that more because you’re a confident guy. That’s what it comes down to.

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don’t think the press has understood me.

I think I am the greatest fighter in any class. I know I can hold two, maybe even three belts.

What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you’re advancing. If you don’t you’re as good as dead. The other person will sense that something isn’t there, and no chain of reasoning, no matter how logical or elegant or brilliant, will win your case for you.