Take your profession seriously; don't take yourself seriously

"Don't take yourself seriously in the process, because you really only matter to a certain degree in the whole circus out here.

"If you take yourself seriously you're not going to be able to move forward and use your best artistic instincts.

"You're going to be hampered by always wanting to look in the mirror and see if you have enough tuna oil in your hair or something like that."

Eastwood, Clint -- Zuckerman, Andrew; Vlack, Alex: Wisdom, Life; PQ Blackwell in Association with Abrams, New York, page 111