Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

In order to be an actor you really have to be one of those types of people who are risk-takers and have what is considered an actor's arrogance, which is not to say an arrogance in your personal life. But you have to be the type of person who wants the ball with seconds left in the game. ”

I think to actually be an Olympian to me means that you've trained most of your life, or you've dedicated most of your life or a big chunk of your life into doing something that you believe that you can accomplish. ”

My life was very Japanese. ”

If I look what sport has done in my life, I don't think there's any doubt that sport can change lives. ”

I've been telling people I'm in the best shape of my life, I've been training unbelievably hard. ”

When you're going off to prison for the rest of your life, a lot of people do feel the need to explain themselves to all the people they have known. ”

I firmly believe that life is an 'and' proposition and not an 'or' one. If you really love something, you just have to try it. The worse that can happen is that you'll be told 'no.' ”

I live a bi-coastal and sometimes tri-coastal life. ”

I've lived in N.Y. and L.A. for many years, but I still gravitate to New Orleans - it's so unique and so European. There's nothing else like it in the country. It has its own music, its own food, its own style and its own way of life. ”

I didn't have any role models. I really thought I was doomed to this loveless, lonely life. I didn't know any gay people until I began doing theater. ”