If you find that thing you love, it doesn't necessarily matter whether you do it well or not-you just need to do it.
Stanley TucciRead
A dream that you don't fight for can haunt you for the rest of your life.
Interpretation
Unpursued dreams can lead to lifelong regret.
This quote emphasizes the importance of actively pursuing one's dreams and goals. It suggests that failing to fight for what you truly desire can result in lingering feelings of dissatisfaction and regret, as unfulfilled aspirations can resonate throughout your life.
In practice
In a motivational speech to encourage young people to never give up on their dreams.
If you find that thing you love, it doesn't necessarily matter whether you do it well or not-you just need to do it.
I've always considered myself an actor first and foremost.
My late wife - she died of cancer. We tried everything we could do to save her. I wish that I could have done more and that I could have been with her at the moment she passed away. I couldn't be in that room because I knew it would be so devastating that I wouldn't be able to take care of the kids after.
As a director you have to be careful you don't over-design the film. You have to be careful that the period aspect does not take over.
Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject.
Direction, not intention determines your destination.
If we're going to win the pennant, we've got to start thinking we're not as good as we think we are.
I just love it when people say I can't do something. There's nothing that makes me feel better, because all my life people have said I wasn't going to make it.
Your attitude determines your actions, and your actions determine your accomplishment.
Whatever happens, there are always things you could have done better. You score two goals and you usually feel you could have done better. You score two goals and you usually feel you could have scored a third. That's perfectionism. That's what makes you progress in life.
Too many people hold a very narrow view of what motivates us. They believe that the only way to get us moving is with the jab of a stick or the promise of a carrot. But if you look at over 50 years of research on motivation, or simply scrutinize your own behavior, it's pretty clear human beings are more complicated than that.
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