“The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who have dreams, who want to do things. Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.” Will Smith
STAR WARS: GEORGE LUCAS: FACING HURDLES
“You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks, jump over the hurdles and break through the brick walls that are always going to be placed in front of you. If you don’t have that kind of feeling for what it is you’re doing, you’ll stop at the first giant hurdle.” – George Lucas
STEVEN SPIELBERG ON DREAMS
“Sometimes a dream almost whispers… it never shouts. Very hard to hear. So you have to, every day of your lives, be ready to hear what whispers in your ear. ” 
Steven Spielberg
Samuel L Jackson: Following your own path
“You ain’t got but one life. You ought to live it the way you want.” – Samuel L Jackson
Dwayne Johnson: On the road to success
“The Road To Success and Greatness Is Always Paved With Consistent Hard Work. Outwork Your Competitors, Be Authentic And Above All Else. Chase Your Greatness” –Dwayne Johnson
EMMA STONE: ON BEING WHO YOU REALLY ARE
“What sets you apart can sometimes feels like a burden and it’s not. And a lot of the time, it’s what makes you great.” -Emma Stone
THE ACTORS AUDITION CHECKLIST
“Make a list of the similarities and the differences between you and the character you will be playing. The differences are what you need to personalize through imagination, research, observation and finding emotional parallels from your own life.”
Doug Warhit
SUCCESS VS. FAILURE
“SUCCESS ISN’T FINAL. FAILURE ISN’T FATAL. THE COURAGE TO CONTINUE IS WHAT COUNTS-“
WINSTON CHURCHILL
PERSEVERANCE
“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
-Randy Pausch
JENNIFER ANISTON
I’ll never forget my high school acting teacher, Anthony Abeson who said “It starts with the shoes.” When I think about a character it does start with the shoes. What kind would she wear? How would she walk in them. The physicality leads me to the character.” Jennifer Aniston
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