“The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.”

“People are saying that I'm an alcoholic, and that's not true, because I only drink when I work, and I'm a workaholic.”

“Don't ever, ever, believe anyone who tells you that you can just get by, by doing the easiest thing possible. Because there's always somebody behind you who really wants to do what you're doing. And they're going to work harder than you if you're not working hard.”

“In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.”

“The security comes, as an actor, in knowing that you're not in control. If you try to control your career, or how people perceive you, you'll make yourself unhappy, because life doesn't work like that. So much is luck. It's much better to let yourself off, to think, 'There's nothing I can do.'”

“I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.”

“A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.”

“I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect.”

“Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.”