People try to hold onto the sameness. This holding onto prevents growth.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

We are always learning

Ry Cooder for me is a master, a great master that has a wonderful feel for Cuban music. He's also paid tribute my talent a bit, even though I don't know half of what he knows.

Studios are mercurial kind of creatures. A lot of the times getting a movie out can be as much luck as anything else.

The limitations you are willing to accept establish the boundaries of your existence.

Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him.

God, why do I give interviews to 'the Guardian'? They always try to dissect you, and I don't really think about stuff in the way that you're asking me these questions.

One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.

As an actor, you can't be off the market for too long.

The great thing about revision is that it's your opportunity to fake being brilliant.

There are some older women out there who are just knockouts, real beauties, and they're not getting the roles they should.