You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo.

If I miss one day of practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss three days, the audience notices it.

I owe my sucess in one per cent to my talent, in ten per cent to luck, and in ninety per cent to hard word. Work, work, and more work is the secret to success.

I cannot imagine a genuinely happy home without music in it.

If I do not practice one day; I know it. If I do not practice the next, the orchestra knows it; if I do not practice the third day, the whole world knows it.

The culture of any country is gauged first by its progress in art.

Art without technique is invertebrate, shapeless, characterless.

The very essence of success is practice.

When one is an artist, what else can he be?

Man is naturally lazy, therefore he invents labor-saving devices.

The Pole listening to Chopin listens to the voice of his whole race.

You get diminishing returns when you are restricted to your comfort zone

Some people live for the sake of their partners and derive their strength and energy from them

So I built my entire career in the United States and that's why it feels like I'm an American actor.

Claims like 'Slavery is wrong' are not fully common-sensical, so they must be at least partly theoretical.

A lot of it revolves around food with me because a lot of my life does in a way.

When there is a choice about it, a great sacrifice is preferable to a small sacrifice, because we compensate ourselves for a greatone with self-admiration, which is not possible with a small one.

Hearing people clapping draws you in pretty quick. It's like bungee cord jumping - it's a rush; you just want to do it again.

There is no limit to desire but desire's needs.

I just loved the whole idea of being an actor.

Working with the same people is so much quicker and frees up your energy for other things.