That was the shocking part. Here we were in the midst of everything and this potentially giant story was being told and virtually noone was there.
Kindness - that simple word. To be kind - it covers everything, to my mind. If you're kind that's it.
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it.
I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I'll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.
And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.
Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.
The first state an actor experiences onstage is the one he just experienced in life. One needs great courage not to portray this experience. One must surrender entirely to the power of one s artistic nature. It will do all the necessary things. Do not impose any solution upon yourself in advance. The quality to develop in an actor is courage.
When I was growing up and wanted to be a musician, the fantasy that I had of what the music industry was is so wrong.
A spoonful of hope and a cup of despair
Practice smiling for five minutes. Stop trying to meditate. Just smile. Let your smile get bigger and bigger. Oh, you're unhappy, you're miserable, nothing is working in life, it doesn't matter. Smile anyway.