Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do.

I gave up a lot of things in exchange for my success.

I was if you like a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.

Like everybody I have invested in things that have gone bad because there's never any guarantee of success or profit when it comes to money.

I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didn't think the show would be such a success. OK I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine.

I think the measure of your success to a certain extent will be the amount of things written about you that aren't true.

Success makes you less intimidated by things.

Follow your passion. Nothing - not wealth success accolades or fame - is worth spending a lifetime doing things you don't enjoy.

This weird thing happens when you're in a movie that has some level of success. People start offering you all kinds of things and they just expect you to do them because they'll be good for your career. It's not about the project's integrity or anything like that.

In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.