There's a small percentage of people who can act. There's a small percentage who get to do this for a living. There's a swath of the population that are able to keep a story in their head and fight all the battles against self-consciousness and the surreal unnaturalness of acting in a movie. The technical aspects you can learn fairly quickly.


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Procrastination is probably my worst habit out of many. Especially when it comes to paperwork.
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I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quart...
TOM CRUISE
Mentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibil...
TOM BRADY
Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day - it all...
TOM BRADY
Every man should know, if you're comfortable and you like it, you should do it. Everyone always ...
TOM BRADY
The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.
TOM BRADY
I'm never going to be fast, and nobody will ever mistake me for being fast.
TOM BRADY
So many guys are so conservative with their hair, and I always joke with all my buddies when they me...
TOM BRADY
If I have something to say, I want it to be meaningful.
TOM BRADY
My job is to play quarterback, and I'm going to do that the best way I know how, because I owe t...
TOM BRADY
There's not much time to unwind, but you know what, it's because I love what I do. I look fo...
TOM BRADY
I think the great part about what I do is that there's a scoreboard. At the end of every week, y...
TOM BRADY
I don't think any country is perfect. It's our responsibility to do the best we can do to ch...
TOM BRADY
You have to believe in your process. You have to believe in the things that you are doing to help th...
TOM BRADY
The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.
TOM BRADY
When you're one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off.
TOM BRADY
I was the kid that was the 199th pick that never had the body for it. People didn't think I'...
TOM BRADY
Geometric shapes hold an energy pattern, and scientists did some experiments which say certain geome...
TOM DELONGE
I just love working hard. I love being part of a team; I love working toward a common goal.
TOM BRADY
What the United States needs to do at this point is reaffirm our commitment that Assad must go and t...
TOM COTTON
So rather than face the bitter truth, China has placed severe restrictions on the Internet and enlis...
TOM LANTOS
I think these movies are definitely comedies. It's quite difficult to take a superhero movie ser...
TOM HOLLAND
Every chef has his treats. By that, I mean bits and pieces from things you're working on - crust...
TOM DOUGLAS
I've gotten very good at scheduling my life, scheduling the scene and preparing myself for knowi...
TOM CRUISE
I grew up watching 'Superman.' As a child, when I first learned to dive into a swimming pool...
TOM HIDDLESTON
Songs really are like a form of time travel because they really have moved forward in a bubble. Ever...
TOM WAITS
Catfish has a nice firm texture and mild flavor.
TOM DOUGLAS
You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, eac...
TOM RIDGE
America's health care system is in crisis precisely because we systematically neglect wellness a...
TOM HARKIN
My wife and I decided to try and kick start our kitchens to a $15 minimum wage for cooks. I've p...
TOM DOUGLAS
I think we're very uptight in America. You have to remember that we're descended from Purita...
TOM FORD
I have a weakness for watches. I have to stop myself buying more.
TOM JONES
We are set to make very bad history.
TOM WILSON
These days an income is something you can't live without - or within.
TOM WILSON
If I had a nickel for every time I said 'Why me?' I'd have probably said 'Why me?...
TOM WILSON
What this country needs is a credit card for charging things to experience.
TOM WILSON
The waist is a terrible thing to mind.
TOM WILSON
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
TOM WILSON
If you spend all of your time racing ahead to the future, you're liable to discover you've l...
TOM WILSON
Many of us are more capable than some of us... but none of us is as capable as all of us!
TOM WILSON
Happiness doesn't depend on how much you have to enjoy, but how much you enjoy what you have.
TOM WILSON
There's no future in spending our present worrying about our past.
TOM WILSON
Nobody got where they are today by living for tomorrow.
TOM WILSON
About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you're fighting temptation.
TOM WILSON