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Celebrities were the original “influencers” before being Insta famous became a thing. Inspirational celebrity quotes we read in glossies and overheard from popular talk shows, public speeches, or exclusive interviews might have been how our fascination with them was born. And if you had one of those iconic celebrity quotes set as your wallpaper, you are not alone!

However, these inspiring quotes from famous people are noteworthy because they come from celebrities’ personal experiences. And that includes going through various hardships that got them to the points in life they are now. Thus, celebrity quotes can also give an insight into what the celebrity has been through. And very often, it might be something we can relate to or learn from. Hence, no matter how big of a wealth or fame gap separates us, they are people just like us who have experienced both the highs and lows of life.

Below, we’ve compiled some of the most inspirational quotes by celebrities we have scoured from the internet. From inspiring quotes about success, joy, and love to moving quotes about failure, suffering, and heartbreak—our beloved celebrities have been through it all. Upvote the quotes that hit home and share other famous quotes from celebrities worth mentioning we might have missed.

#1

Man sitting on a horse "You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it." – Robin Williams

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"If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader." – Dolly Parton

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Man with a hat walking with a bucket full of flowers "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." – Hugh Jackman

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Ginger girl dressed in black talking "Don’t feel stupid if you don’t like what everyone else pretends to love." – Emma Watson

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Feel grateful for being able to see the world with independent thought, the world is so much bigger and more extraordinary than the mediocrity of sameness

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"The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way." – Keanu Reeves

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Man with glasses looking down "Take a stand for what’s right. Raise a ruckus and make a change. You may not always be popular, but you’ll be part of something larger and bigger and greater than yourself. Besides, making history is extremely cool." – Samuel L Jackson

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This needs to be higher. The biggest, most consequential changes come from individual action joined together into something greater than the sum of its parts

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Lady Gaga laying in bed and talking a selfie "Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are." – Lady Gaga

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Audrey Hepburn posing with her hands crossed "Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, ‘I’m possible!'" – Audrey Hepburn

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Not really. She wanted to be a ballerina, but her growth was stunted and she had health problems because of food deprivation and eating tulip bulbs in WWII (which she spent in occupied Holland). So that was indeed impossible for her.

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#9

Taylor Swift looking staraight and singing "No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind." – Taylor Swift

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#10

Betty White looking to the side and laughing "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." – Betty White

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Jane Fonda talking "It’s never too late – never too late to start over, never too late to be happy." – Jane Fonda

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Mike Fitzpatrick
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So true. I was in a very bad place some years back. I forced myself to get my head out of my @ss and "get a grip". It took many years, but things have turned totally around and I'm in a great place in my life.

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#12

Drew Barrymore looking sideways in the sky "Life is very interesting… in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths." – Drew Barrymore

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#13

Morgan Freeman looking sideways "Hey, if I don’t have a job, I don’t know why I bother to get up. Any time the phone rings, I’m ready to go. What else am I going to do? See, I’ve never retired. I don’t even know what it means." – Morgan Freeman

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Mike Fitzpatrick
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He's one of the very few people who can work in films into later years. Not many can/have done that successfully.

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#14

Johnny Depp holding or ropes and shouting "If there’s any message to my work, it is ultimately that it’s OK to be different, that it’s good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves differently, talks differently, is a different color." – Johnny Depp

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#15

"Be nice to people on the way up, because you may meet them on the way down." – Jimmy Durante

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Robert Downey Jr standing next to a abandoned gas station with crossed hands "I think you end up doing the stuff you were supposed to do at the time you were supposed to do it." – Robert Downey Jr

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

RDJ was arrested with multiple drug charges before getting casted as iron man. He was eating a burger when he had the thought of turning his life around, and without that burger we wouldn't have the gem of RDJ! We love him!

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Joaquin Phoenix fake smiling with painted face "Is it that your dream is unattainable or is it that you have the wrong dream?" – Joaquin Phoenix

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Neil Patrick Harris posing funny next to a writing on the wall "Sometimes you can have the smallest role in the smallest production and still make a big impact." – Neil Patrick Harris

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#19

Arnold Schwarzenegger sitting in an armchair with a small dog and pig "Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength." – Arnold Schwarzenegger

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#20

"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles." – Charley Chaplin

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#21

Harrison Ford standing confused "May the Force be with you’ is charming but it’s not important. What’s important is that you become the Force – for yourself and perhaps for other people." – Harrison Ford

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#22

"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 nap." – Robert Duvall

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#23

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson smiling in the beach "Be humble, hungry, and always be the hardest worker in the room." – Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson

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#24

"If you live in the past that’s depression, and if you live in the future that’s anxiety. So you have no choice but to live in the present." – Sarah Silverman

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#25

Michael Jordan playing golf "I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying." - Michael Jordan

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#26

Katy Perry holding a Koala and smiling "You don’t have to be perfect to achieve your dreams." – Katy Perry

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#27

"Success? I don’t know what that word means. I’m happy. But success goes back to what in somebody’s eyes success means. For me, success is inner peace. That’s a good day for me. – Denzel Washington

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Very relatable. I've learned to recognize a good day, a day where I have not faced any particular issue and the things I love are ok. So when a bad day inevitably comes, I know that it's not only bad days. It doesn't make it necessarily easy, but it's a thought.

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#28

Tom Hanks opening door of a small car "If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. It’s the hard that makes it great." – Tom Hanks

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Lucille Ball sitting on bed "Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world." – Lucille Ball

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's step 2, step 1 is making peace with and learning to love yourself.

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#30

Channing Tatum dressed as a girl and holding a a kid's book "Life is too short to miss out on the beautiful things, like a double cheeseburger." – Channing Tatum

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Jennifer Lawrence Standing scared next to other people "I’m a big believer in accepting yourself and not really worrying about it." – Jennifer Lawrence

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#32

"I had an extraordinary belief in myself. For years people told me to give it up and even though I was poverty-stricken, I never thought I should give it up." – Michael Caine

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#33

Meryl Streep sitting and looking to the side "It’s amazing what you can get if you quietly, clearly, and authoritatively demand it." – Meryl Streep

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Halle Berry posing for a selfie with her white dog "Don’t take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves." – Halle Berry

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#35

Christian Bale looking at someone and talking "Whatever you do, do it completely. Don’t do it half-arsed." – Christian Bale

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#36

"As a young man I prayed for success. Now I just pray to be worthy of it." – Brendan Fraser

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#37

Ryan Reynolds standing in a gym "I have a discipline that has served me very well in my career and in my personal life… and that’s gotten stronger as I’ve gotten older. I’ve always felt if I don’t just have a natural knack for it, I will just out-discipline the competition if I have to – work harder than anybody else." – Ryan Reynolds

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#38

"If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success." — James Cameron

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#39

Walt Disney posing for a picture "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." — Walt Disney

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Mary J. Blige singing on the stage "The important thing is to realize that no matter what people’s opinions may be, they’re only just that – people’s opinions. You have to believe in your heart what you know to be true about yourself. And let that be that." – Mary J. Blige

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#41

"Why am I doing the work I’m doing? Why am I friends with this person? Am I living the best life I possibly can? Questions are often looked upon as questions of doubt but I don’t see it that way at all. I question things to stay present, to make sure I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing." – Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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#42

Kristen Wiig holding a suitcase and talking "Don’t become something just because someone else wants you to – or because it’s easy. You won’t be happy." – Kristen Wiig

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#43

"Failures are infinitely more instructive than successes." – George Clooney

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#44

Benedict Cumberbatch talking with his hand in a jacket "Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame." – Benedict Cumberbatch

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#45

William Shatner talking and looking at someone "Careers are here and they’re gone. No matter how great we think we are, we’re nothing but the temples of Ozymandias — we’re ruins in the making." – William Shatner

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#46

"If you're not someone who has a natural and effortless love for yourself, it's hard to let go of your desire to please other people, and that's really not an ingredient for a happy life." – Anne Hathaway

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#47

Clint Eastwood walking down the stairs and eating "I’m always trying to tackle subjects that tax me and make me think. That’s the key to staying young at heart. The brain has to be exercised the same as the rest of the body." – Clint Eastwood

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think he hasn't been following his own advice, because he's gotten pretty crazy lately

#48

"If all the circumstances of acting are made too easy, then there’s no grain of sand to make the pearl." – Peter Sarsgaard

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Rebel Wilson Looking confused at someone "Being unique and different was a really good thing. When I walked into my agent’s office for the first time, they looked at me and said, ‘Wow, we have nobody on our books like you.’ And they signed me on my second day here." – Rebel Wilson

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#50

"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." – Cate Blanchett

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#51

"That we are responsible for our own fate, we reap what we sow, we get what we give, we pull in what we put out. I know these things for sure." – Madonna

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Miley Cyrus looking at someone in the dark "My mom is always telling me it takes a long time to get to the top, but a short time to get to the bottom." – Miley Cyrus

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#53

Ashton Kutcher looking down at someone "I’m continually trying to make choices that put me against my own comfort zone. As long as you’re uncomfortable, it means you’re growing." – Ashton Kutcher

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Matt Damon Walking with a scar on his forehead "Eventually stardom is going to go away from me. It goes away from everybody and all you have in the end is to be able to look back and like the choices you made." – Matt Damon

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#55

"Life is a menu so remember whoever and whatever you order for your life is what’s gonna be delivered to your table." – Tyrese

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Jennifer Aniston taking a selfie in the beach "There are no regrets in life. Just lessons." – Jennifer Aniston

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I disagree. You should (only) regret decisions that you knew were wrong at the time, but you did anyway.

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#57

"Ignore the naysayers. Really the only option is, head down and focus on the job." – Chris Pine

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#58

Daniel Craig smoking a cigarette "I don’t say: ‘can’t do that’, ‘won’t do that’. I’ve never thought in that way about work. The genuine truth, and I do think about this a lot, is that I’m one of the least competitive people you’ll ever meet. Except with myself." – Daniel Craig

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Serena Williams standing next to a bookshelf "I think in life you should work on yourself until the day you die." – Serena Williams

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"I’ve learned it’s important not to limit yourself. You can do whatever you really love to do, no matter what it is." – Ryan Gosling

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#61

Young Steve Jobs posing next to a computer "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people's thinking." – Steve Jobs

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Cuba Gooding Jr taking a selfie in the beach "We all create our own reality by the choices we make." – Cuba Gooding Jr

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

who told police Gooding fondled her without her consent at Magic Hour Rooftop Bar

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Blake Lively laughing while standing outside "It’s the choice. You have to wake up every day and say, 'There’s no reason today can’t be the best day of my life'." – Blake Lively

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"A lot of young actors have the idea that, 'I’ve got to do this right. There’s a right way to do this.' But there’s no right or wrong. There’s only good and bad. And 'bad' usually happens when you’re trying too hard to do it right." – Robert DeNiro

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Bette Davis posing with a white wedding dress "Without wonder and insight, acting is just a business. With it, it becomes creation." – Bette Davis

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Tori Amos laying on the sofa "Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much, but you have to crawl into your wounds to discover where your fears are. Once the bleeding starts, the cleansing can begin." – Tori Amos

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Jessica Alba taking a selfie "Being perfect is being flawed, accepting it and never letting it make you feel less than your best." – Jessica Alba

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"Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment." – Oprah Winfrey

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"Success on a cosmic level completely eludes me. I’m deeply suspicious of things being too good. It’s part of my superstition, I think, to generate pain in order to give the illusion of gain. I’m not saying I reject success, but honestly, I don’t quite know how to deal with it. It’s an old feeling: As soon as you have the thing you’ve been going after all your life, that reasonable degree of security, you start kicking against it, doubting it." – Hugh Laurie

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Selena Gomez taking a selfie wihout make up on "All the people who knock me down, only inspire me to do better." – Selena Gomez

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#71

"Overcome the notion that you must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary." – Uta Hagen

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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." – David Oyelowo

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#73

Geena Davis walking with a laundries basket "If you risk nothing, then you risk everything." – Geena Davis

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#74

"There are no mistakes, only opportunities." – Tina Fey

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Kelly Clarkson talking into a microphone with headset on "I think once we let our ego go, [we] just get over the fact that everybody’s not going to like us—and that’s OK! Because there will be people who do dig it. And even if they don’t, do you? You get one life. Who cares what everyone else thinks?" – Kelly Clarkson

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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 entertained at night." – Kelly Cutrone

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Michael Douglas pointing fingers at someone "When I look at myself as a younger actor, I see what a tight ass I was. I had a pretty big shadow because of my father and the comparisons. I was self-conscious about that. Now I realize there was nothing to be worried about." – Michael Douglas

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#78

Bradley Cooper talking and listening at the same time "I think if you live in a black-and-white world, you’re gonna suffer a lot. I used to be like that. But I don’t believe that anymore." – Bradley Cooper

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#79

"Success is just a war of attrition. Sure, there’s an element of talent you should probably possess. But if you just stick around long enough, eventually something is going to happen." – Dax Shepard

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#80

"It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials."– Bruce Lee

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#81

Daniel Radcliffe holding a glass of wine and talking "It’s important to say that the more challenging a scene is, in a way, the more fun it is because the more of my job I get to do." – Daniel Radcliffe

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Leonardo DiCaprio sitting on sofa and talking "If you can do what you do best and be happy, you are further along in life than most people." – Leonardo DiCaprio

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#83

"Whatever art form you’re working in, it’s crucial to see it clearly, to feel it clearly, and not to worry about the results, or how someone else will see it." – Omar Epps

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#84

Sylvester Stallone looking at someone "I believe there’s an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts." – Sylvester Stallone

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#85

"Action is the foundational key to all success." – Pablo Picasso

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Justin Timberlake posing for a picture "If you put out 150 percent, then you can always expect 100 percent back. That’s what I was always told as a kid, and it’s worked for me so far!" – Justin Timberlake

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#87

"Don’t listen to what anybody says except the people who encourage you. If it’s what you want to do and it’s within yourself, then keep going and try to do it for the rest of your life." – Jake Gyllenhaal

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#88

"After each experience, you grow up, you get enriched with something, and you don’t know how you’re going to be in six months, you don’t know what you’re going to want, what you’re going to need." – Audrey Tautou

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#89

Will Smith looking at someone and talking "Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity." – Will Smith

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Vin Diesel shouting and driving a car "If you’re the type of person who has to fulfil your dreams, you’ve got to be resourceful to make sure you can do it. I came out to California when I was 21, thinking my New York credentials would take me all the way. I came back home a year later all dejected and a failure." – Vin Diesel

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Jay-Z looking up and talking "If I was going to be successful, I had to be successful with myself. I couldn’t be successful doing what other people were doing… The worst thing to be is as successful as someone else. That’s a very difficult thing to upkeep and very tiring." – Jay-Z

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Beyoncé looking at someone and crying "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." – Beyoncé

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Angelina Jolie sitting and trying not to laugh "Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of." – Angelina Jolie

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