Short

Every step is a first step. Every brushstroke is a test. Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. So let the learning continue.

The only way you'll reach any height in life and in love is by taking the chance that you might fall. You have to give your all.

You can be as insecure as you want in your life, but just promise me you'll leave that insecurity out of your work. Just know, you're good enough.

When you get a regular job, you start acting like regular people. And if you graduate from Emerson, you are not a regular person.

If what you want is different than what you have, then you need to change what you are doing.

If you want to change the world, you must be your very best in the darkest moment.

When you try hard at everything you do, even if it feels utterly foolish to do so, you're opening up future doors and possibilities that you might not be seeing in the moment.

When you achieve your dreams, it's not so much what you get — it's who you become.

I couldn't have done it a fingernail faster. I didn't leave a fingernail in that pool.

What is it you're doing with this one wild and precious life of yours?

If you're the kind of person who finds the most interesting thing in the world to you is something you don't know, you're probably in the right place.

If you're the kind of person who is scared and courageous at the same time, you might end up doing big things.