I was fairly solitary. I didn't like structured learning. People didn't seem to be my cup of tea.
I think the biggest difficulty is that when I'm here in America there's a necessity of using English so I really have a great sense of really wanting to learn but unfortunately when I head back to Japan the necessity vanishes and so does my enthusiasm about learning.
I have had many occasions this year where I questioned and second-guessed my decision in a game but it comes down to learning from mistakes and being accountable for what you did right or did wrong.
But the important thing about learning to wait I feel sure is to know what you are waiting for.
I believe that every role that I have done this far has had quality and content. My roles have been very demanding and every role has been a challenge and a learning experience that has helped me mature as an actress.
The rite of passage of learning to build a fire that will burn all night with one match is not an insignificant one in my husband's family and I grew up camping and backpacking. I love to camp.
My number one goal was not getting 'A's' - and I proved it. I was a 'C' student. You have to be ready to learn. If you're not interesting in learning it doesn't work. As I grew older and wanted to learn and desperately wanted inside information learning was a lot easier.
I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs she played them by herself and I so admired her for that.
I've done some TV and I've done a lot of theater obviously and the last character I played on Broadway was a very fast-talking broad. I'm used to learning material and words.
I suppose I am a frustrated musician so I annoy my family by playing guitar in the house. I used to be into acoustic stuff but my son Joseph is learning drums so now I have an electric guitar and we play Metallica. We have an amp and a PA in the garage with his drum kit.
I did learn Chinese kung-fu in a school for a short time but I couldn't afford to pay for long-term learning.
To make a kung fu film is like a dream come true because I'm a big fan of kung fu movies and I'm learning kung fu for a long time.
The top experts in the world are ardent students. The day you stop learning you're definitely not an expert.
I think jazz is a wonderful learning tool.
Cops and robbers resemble each other so there's not a lot to learn in terms of learning the logistics of committing the crime or investigating the crime.
I'm learning something all the time. That's the way I want it to go and that's the way I'll go until I am no longer on this planet.
I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning to walk you learn to play the piano.
In any of the arts you never stop learning.
Of course I'd like to produce and direct a blockbuster but you gotta build up to that. So now I'm learning from a bunch of little movies. And it's more fun with smaller pictures. It's more creative.
I think when you're learning an instrument you are restricted because much of it is the noise of individual theory and your ability to play the instrument.
I love the work I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For me it's like learning everyday.
I really believe I've been a good person. Not perfect - forget about perfect - but just learning by what I was taught and living by my own values. I might have stepped on a few ants - and a few other things as well - but I've never hurt anybody.
I tell students 'If you are learning from YouTube I almost don't want to teach you because what you learn from YouTube it takes 10 times as long to unlearn.' They do an approximation of the centre of the note an approximation of the interpretation a cloned version.
Productivity is going to be a critical issue. And it's not just about getting more time for professors in the classroom. It involves reexamining the learning experience and restructuring faculty and the use of faculty time.
I got the wake-up call that no one is policing our oceans. I wondered how can I do anything? What really can I do to make things better? There are some perks to being a celebrity. My job is to be funny once in a while but it's my responsibility to make good use of it.