Johnny Depp
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The idea is that one’s temperament improves with age; that you learn to deal better with people and become more benevolent and loving. That’s not necessarily true. I try to stay loose but sometimes the best thing to do is get yourself away and take a good…
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It’s your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don’t take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.”
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Getting to this point hasn’t always been easy; it took me years to really learn to silence my mind. But as you move through your career and your life, you will have to learn that if you’re not what you do, then what you do has no business keeping you ente…
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Life is very interesting… in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.
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I strongly believe if you work hard, whatever you want, it will come to you. I know that’s easier said than done but keep trying.”
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Don’t become something just because someone else wants you to – or because it’s easy. You won’t be happy
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If you can do what you do best and be happy, you are further along in life than most people.
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Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity.”
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If all the circumstances of acting are made too easy, then there’s no grain of sand to make the pearl
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Be happy with being you. Love your flaws, own your quirks.”
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“My teacher said to me, ‘If you’re going to fail, fail gloriously.’ I’ve never forgotten it. You learn a lot from your mistakes. You have to take risks and make mistakes. It’s terrifying, but it’s the only way you will learn and improve.”
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If you can do what you do best and be happy, you are further along in life than most people.”
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Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity.”
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There comes a certain point in life when you have to stop blaming other people for how you feel or the misfortunes in your life. You can’t go through life obsessing about what might have been.”
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We all create our own reality by the choices we make.”
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Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
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Life is too short to miss out on the beautiful things, like a double cheeseburger.
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For me, our job as artists is to serve the story, serve the director, and serve the fellow actors. And if you do that, by osmosis you’re serving yourself because you’ll get the best out of yourself.
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It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid instead of trying to be very intelligent.
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Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slo…