“A lot of mistakes come from copying people playing a different game than you.”

It doesn’t last forever, but that’s really not the point.

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman on making the most of your opportunities:

"This is something a teacher told me years ago, and he's right:

If you're auditioning for something that you know you're never going to get—or maybe you read the script and didn't even like it, but you still have to go—if you get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has ... See more

Humans are simpler than the instructions would have us believe. We’re all looking for the same things. To be seen. To be accepted. To connect. To matter. This is true for readers and writers and kids and strangers and the cast of Love Is Blind.

Good character is not about maximizing virtues but moderating them: to be sensitive without being fragile, confident without being cocky, steadfast without being stubborn, driven without being reckless, focused without being obsessed.

Take a chance! Trust someone! Fall in love! Feel something! Build something meaningful and scary and try your best not to blow it up

Seriousness precludes sincerity.

For the most part, you’d be better served by being sincere rather than serious.

Fear is a yield, not a stop sign. It doesn’t always mean not to proceed. Sometimes it just means you care.

The price you pay for doing what everyone else does is getting what everyone else gets.