I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.

Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances.

Rather than admit defeat, I decided to change goals.

Real artists, it seems to me, are those who don't repeat themselves"

History does not so much repeat as echo, I suppose.

I don't want to be remembered as a beaten champion.

I'd rather be a hypocrite than the same person forever.

I want to do roles that are fun and challenging and I want to try different things. I don't want to keep doing Monster's Ball over and over and over again. I want to keep doing my career the way that I was doing it before I won the Oscar.

You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.

I haven’t spent my time trying to duplicate my success. But only because I haven’t had any yet.

Move on...holding on to any one experience will limit you.

I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what's next.