Stephen Tobolowsky

“My life has been a series of things that I don't know why they're happening, but they're happening.”

“The hardest thing in the world to do in acting is to be yourself.”

“The first step in any successful venture is imagining it... Imagining the outcome.”

“There's no such thing as a small part. There are just small actors.”

“The narrative of my life is that I'm a writer who is forced to act to make a living.”

“When you choose your friends, you are choosing your future.”

“Art is not about thinking something up. It's about the opposite—getting something down.”

“Every story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Not necessarily in that order.”

“Memory is not a video camera. It's a storyteller.”

“Failure is the engine of success.”

“Every day is a story. If you're paying attention.”

“The most dangerous animal is the one you don't see.”

“If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.”

“The camera doesn't lie. It sees everything. It sees what you're thinking.”

“It's the imperfections that make things beautiful.”