Trying to constantly get yourself into movies is extremely stressful and sometimes just impossible.

I learned a lesson which I didn't heed: Don't put yourself in your movies. It's too much.

The music led to the acting. But movies aren't something you can just will yourself into. Someone has to choose you and you have to be quite fortunate to be chosen.

De Niro was a hero of mine. And Sean Penn. But I've realized I can't operate at that level of intensity. That's okay for movies. On TV when you live with horror day in and day out you have to protect yourself.

I think there's a real joy in going to see movies when you discover them yourself.

The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.

Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done it's always your choice.

I think it's probably best to work out in the morning to get it out of the way. My ultimate top tip is to drag yourself even if you have to roll yourself out of your bed and in to a sit-up - it's really not that bad once you start.

Your enjoyment of the world is never right till every morning you awake in Heaven: see yourself in your Father's palace and look upon the skies the earth and the air as celestial joys: having such a reverend esteem of all as if you were among the angels.