I've always considered myself an actor first and foremost.
Stanley TucciRead
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.
Interpretation
Pursuing what you love is more important than excelling at it.
This quote emphasizes the value of engaging in activities that we are passionate about, regardless of our level of skill or perfection. It suggests that the joy and fulfillment in life come from doing what we love, rather than being preoccupied with success or proficiency.
In practice
During a motivational speech about following your dreams.
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.
A dream that you don't fight for can haunt you for the rest of your life.
There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by.
Woman is a ray of God. She is not that earthly beloved: she is creative, not created.
I love thee and thou art so lovely and so wonderful and so beautiful and it does such things to me to be with thee that I feel as though I wanted to die when I am loving thee.
The Cross will be for us as it was for Christ: proof of the greatest love.
Mr. Rochester, if ever I did a good deed in my life β if ever I thought a good thoughtβif ever I prayed a sincere and blameless prayer β if ever I wished a righteous wish β I am rewarded now. To be your wife is, for me, to be as happy as I can be on earth.
We that are true lovers run into strange capers; but as all is mortal in nature, so is all nature in love mortal in folly.
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