If the film is a hit then everyone shares the success. If it is going to be a disaster then it might as well be because of me not because of somebody else.

With the success of the last three or so years when a lot of people start treating you differently there's a danger that you may start to think of yourself differently. You rely on your friends to say 'Hey wake up!'

I had come to the point when I realized it was unlikely that my film career was going to move beyond a certain level of role. And I was - because I had graphic instances of it - handicapped by the success of Star Trek. A director would say 'I don't want Jean-Luc Picard in my movie' - and this was compounded by X-Men as well.

My ambition was to stop waiting tables. That was how I measured success: finally I was able to stop waiting tables and I was able to pay the rent and that was by being a stand-up comic. Not a very good stand-up comic but good enough to make a living.

Everyone applauds each other's success in Hollywood because they know how tough it is but it really comes down fundamentally to the process.

Success is not a destination but the road that you're on. Being successful means that you're working hard and walking your walk every day. You can only live your dream by working hard towards it. That's living your dream.

All these people who say success changes people well no it just magnifies what's there.

The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them.

A variety of national and international studies indicate that the broad-based deployment of information technology can have a substantial impact on our nation's economic productivity and growth as well as the educational and social success of our citizens.

To win in Australia for me has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport.