I believe this: If an actor wants a role or wants to work with somebody, then you do everything within reason to try to get that role. If they want you to audition, you audition. If they want you to screen-test, you screen-test. If they want you to come and tap-dance in their hallway, you tap-dance in their hallway.
Try not to eat after 7 P.M. Try to stay away from heavy food in the night, like hamburgers and chicken nuggets. Eat that stuff in the morning or early afternoon.
At times, we, as coaches, try to shove guys as square pegs into round holes and keep hammering away.
These years of the Ecole Normale were an ordeal. Nothing was handed to me on the first try.
The biscuit tin shouldn't be handy - move it about a bit. Try to keep it out of the way.
Over the years, I've learned that if you can just hang in there and, regardless of what's presented to you, take it as a challenge and try to bring in something fresh, then it works.
A real hangover is nothing to try out family remedies on. The only cure for a real hangover is death.
I'm usually writing in English, and then I'll get the hankering to change channels. And usually I'll do that when I want to try a whole new set of keys, like musical keys.
The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.
I'm very optimistic. I'm happy-go-lucky, I guess. I try to be.
What we do at NASA is inspiring. It's reaching, it's visionary, and it inspires people on Earth to try hard things.
I'm going to come in and be a hard worker, and I'm going to try to lead by example and be a great teammate, and everything on the field is going to take care of itself.
I would listen to something on the radio and try to tap out the melody, then the harmonies.
I try to harmonize and sing every moment that I can.
If PJ Harvey ever came to town I'd definitely go try to go see her.
Try to always stay focused on the objectives that are possible and the positive - and on having fun outside of the stuff that's going on in Washington.
Having a size 9 foot is fantastic because almost all of the shoe companies do their prototyping in size 9, so if you visit a place like Nike headquarters, you can try every sort of wacky, out-there model.
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
Trying to write music, be in a band and keep it all happening is one of the hardest, morale-destroying, heartbreaking things you will ever try to do - and that's when it's going well.
To try to really land a spacecraft really on another world is really difficult, and if we lose that ability, it's going to be heartbreaking.
