It's not what you know or who you know, but who knows you.

Good things come to those who initiate.

The rewards go to the risk-takers, those who are willing to put their egos on the line and reach out to other people and to a richer, fuller life for themselves.

Networking is an enrichment program, not an entitlement program.

They say, You can't give a smile away; it always comes back. The same is true of a kind word or a conversation starter. What goes around, comes around.

Good listeners are perceived as good conversationalists.

Small talk is the biggest talk we do.

The time spent identifying your base of contacts is an investment in your success and the success of others with whom you share your resources.

Be yourself' is good advice, unless you notice that people are always excusing themselves and moving away from you. In that case, try being someone else!

Conversation takes practice; the more we do it, the better we get, and the more easily we do it.

Respect for people is the cornerstone of communication and networking.

To be fearlessly vulnerable with someone…One of the deepest, most desirable paradoxes of love.

Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives.

You will do as you are told the second you are told to do it. Is that clear?''I'm not six mother, I think I can grasp standard sentences.' Whether I chose to pay attention to them however...

Coward people are afraid of failure & Failure is afraid of brave people

Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.

One of the biggest challenges in my job is letting go of the movie once you go home at night, and knowing you can't do anything to your performance once you've laid it on film.

Individually, men may present a more or less rational appearance, eating, sleeping, and scheming. But humanity a a whole is changeful, mystical, fickle, delightful. Men are men, but Man is a woman.

Examples draw where precept fails, and sermons are less read than tales.

I've learnt new scales through playing different types of music, like Indian raga scales, gipsy scales and harmonically-based jazz scales.

I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.