Perfectionism Quotes

I`m heavy on preparation . . . Some actors come to the set and don`t know what scene they`re playing, but that would make me crazy. It`s not about control but perfectionism--my biggest vice and one of my biggest assets.

However, don`t let perfectionism become an excuse for never getting started.

(on Erich Von Stroheim) The experience of working with him was unlike any I had had in more than 50 pictures. He was so painstaking and slow that I would lose all sense of time, hypnotized by the man`s relentless perfectionism.

The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless is mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection.