#me

I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship. ↗

— Aaron Eckhart

#been #best #business #i #i think

It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I've worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, all the great actors that I've worked with... Sir Ben Kingsley. ↗

— Aaron Eckhart

#al pacino #ben #feel #feel good #go

These examples suggest what one needs to learn to control attention. In principle any skill or discipline one can master on one’s own will serve: meditation and prayer if one is so inclined; exercise, aerobics, martial arts for those who prefer concentrating on physical skills. Any specialization or expertise that one finds enjoyable and where one can improve one’s knowledge over time. The important thing, however, is the attitude toward these disciplines. If one prays in order to be holy, or exercises to develop strong pectoral muscles, or learns to be knowledgeable, then a great deal of the benefit is lost. The important thing is to enjoy the activity for its own sake, and to know that what matters is not the result, but the control one is acquiring over one’s attention. ↗

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

#happiness #art

Some movies I see today have the most dramatic plot points but the actors are not playing them dramatically. ↗

— Aaron Eckhart

#dramatically #i #i see #most #movies

Through all the relationship stuff I've gone through in the past few years, I know there are fundamental differences in how men and women view sex and how they view their futures. ↗

— Aaron Eckhart

#few #fundamental #futures #gone #how

You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion. ↗

— Meister Eckhart

#call #compassion #god #god love #goodness

I've always said that with kids' TV that people get stuck in it from drama school but that's not fair because I know myself that when you go in creatively, kids are so much more open to ideas. You're so much freer to mess about and try things. ↗

— Johnny Vegas

#always #because #creatively #drama #drama school

I go through about two Fender mediums a night because I don't pick straight down; it's sort of sideways, and it shaves them off. ↗

— Robin Trower

#because #down #fender #go #i

Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of mine and he always when I first met Bud in Pittsburgh when he came through there, he heard me sing and he wanted me to come to Chicago. ↗

— Billy Eckstine

#big #booster #bud #came #chicago

I've got little ankles and a bit of a belly, so it makes me look rather an egg on legs. ↗

— Johnny Vegas

#belly #bit #egg #got #i