Top 73 Quotes & Sayings by Adrian Grenier

I have always chosen roles that I believed in - not ones that I thought might further my career.

You can't scale if you do it alone, you really need to work with others.

Not to say that you shouldn't strive for success, but don't forget why you're doing it. It's not just for adoration.

Secondly, love and relationships are complicated. No one could ever get it right in a four-line sentence.

It's really important to find a humble approach to your own creative work, your own business work. To recognize that you can't do everything yourself.

Well, obviously I'm not Mark Wahlberg - I have much better abs and I look much better in a pair of Calvin Kleins but when I saw Mark Wahlberg interacting with the world, I realised that his stardom was sort of a result of the movies he had done and the publicity that he had got and the work that he did.

What is important is family, friends, giving back to your community and finding meaning in life.

I'm one with New York, and New York is one with me. I grew up there; there's no escaping it. We're like Siamese twins, if you separate us, I'll die.

I think anybody who's famous has to deal with their fame in their own way, and I dealt with it by making a film about a kid who's looking out into the world of celebrity obsession.

We learn from each other. We learn from others' mistakes, from their experience, their wisdom. It makes it easier for us to come to better decisions in our own lives.

We have a lot to learn from everyone.

Certainly, if it had been anything other than an HBO show I'd probably still be in Mexico now with a Mexican wife and kids.

I can't tell you what your purpose is, that's got to come from you.

I have a bunch of concepts and ideas that I want to do but I have also been growing my production company in general and looking to branch out of projects that I am directing and producing.

I think we need to recognize that learning is a lifelong goal, a lifelong experience.

Success is knowing that your contribution is what helps the collective.

I was rebellious.

My family is mostly a chosen one. I've managed to invite some really amazing people into my life and they become family. Brothers, sisters, siblings, mentors, role models. And I like to live that way, where your family bleeds out into the larger community.

Tabloids can be fun. I see stuff sometimes and have a good laugh.

We are on parallel paths with the planet. The wants and needs of marine wildlife are our own: we want connection, companionship, a healthy clean environment.

I don't shop. I haven't shopped in about four years.

Once you get into the habit of work, you can be more productive in the things you want to do.

Being performers, that's what we do: We put on shows and want people to watch.

Because when you go out, and you have fun, basically you're performing for these tabloid outlets and the paparazzi. And when you perform and create this story, they're chuffed - they get excited, they capture it, and they put it out.

I don't need success, I just need to be constantly evolving.

I want to show people that environmentalism can be fun!

I think, in a lot of ways, celebrities represent the American dream. They have financial fluidity and options at their disposal.

It's enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back.

I think winter wear is communal. You get some gloves and a scarf from a lost-and-found box, wash them, wear them for a while until you lose them. Then somebody else does the same thing.

Celebrities become divas because they get pampered so much, babied so much - then they get used to it.

My only ambition when I came to Hollywood was to pay my rent.

You ask any actor - they'll tell you they'd rather shoot on location because you don't have to invent the energy, the energy is there.

Understanding that which is foreign to you is fundamental to cultivating a sense of connection and unity with one another. We are ultimately trying to accomplish the same thing, which is survival and the thriving of a better world.

My wish list is pretty short. I wish that we had empathy. As a society, we are so wrapped up in our own artificial creations that we have become disconnected from one another and the wonder of our natural world. I truly believe that empathy is the key to solving the majority of our environmental and social problems.

The problem to me with environmentalism is the idea that we're all gonna die and we need to save ourselves. I don't think it's necessarily the right way to go about it, because I think we need to really just improve our every moment and improve our quality of life. And that will, sort of by default, save us.

I think winter wear is communal. You get some gloves and a scarf from a lost-and-found box, wash them, wear them for a while until you lose them. Then somebody else does the same thing

In the new music landscape, with is the democratization of the internet and music in general, I think it can be a lot more collaborative.

I can play a lot of things, but I haven't mastered any one. I use music really as a form of raw expression; escape from the real world.

Find a partner, commit to taking action, and hold each other accountable. Helping our planet is not a one-person or one-country job; we need to be good partners and good neighbors to one another. Routine, measurable, and collective actions both small and large will make an impact.

I don't like putting people on a pedestal, I think ideas are more exciting

Everything I do, it's all about making every moment a quality, meaningful moment.

I am not an artist except that when I envision a concept, I sometimes indulge it.

When you are dealing with real life, there is no way to control it.

As great as technology is, it still has it's limitations, because it's only a frame of the truth

I really do believe that in order to overcome our environmental shortcomings, we have to act united as a people, and that means that every individual has to participate and do their part. Certainly, we need government and legislation, but the governments really listen to people, so we all have to bring to the table our own effort or our own passion in whatever way that manifests itself.

I enjoy pumping iron, but I do try and get the yoga, 'cause it's a nice balance to the weightlifting.

Music is a language of emotion. I'm passionate about it because I think it's the most direct way to connect to the things that are ineffable. Words just aren't necessary a good enough opportunity to express. Words are maybe less than accessible at expressing.

There's never a better way of living than just improving our quality of life.

Maybe the idea of being a rockstar or being the one who's recording or playing, sort of doesn't really matter as much anymore, when you're surrounded by great musicians who bring their spirit, their own talent.

When I feel myself getting overwhelmed, I take a deep breath and eat a piece of chocolate.

I am happy to have success in the entertainment biz, but the root of my happiness comes from my neighborhood, NYC.

Happiness doesn't come from commercial success but from the quality of work that you give back to your immediate community.

I'm a self-taught musician, so I never really had the restrictions of any one instrument. I would always just sort of pick up instruments and make noise with 'em.

That's what we do on 'Entourage.' We embed ourselves in legitimate authentic moments so wherever the action is happening, we're taking pieces from that red carpet.

I think in the old music, everything was so competitive. It was all about - very selfish in a lot of ways. The label sort of capitalized on that desperation and that competition. In the new music landscape, with is the democratization of the internet and music in general, I think it can be a lot more collaborative. People, instead of competing, they can actually support each other, in music.

I'm a filmmaker, I'm a storyteller, an entertainer, if you will, so what can I do to participate? Well, I'm not a scientist; I'm not an expert on environmental law; I'm a guy that can tell stories. So I always look for a way to communicate ideas and help to spread excitement for change.

We can't be naive and think we can go it alone; we must humble ourselves and commit to routine and collective actions. This is just one reason why I am thrilled to be working with the UN Environment as its Goodwill Ambassador.

It's what we live for, to be able to make great illusions. The thing about 'Entourage' is everything we do is realistic. We go to the real places, we shoot on location. We get the real people. It's a perfect marriage between fact and fiction.

You can't expect people to do the right thing or else they will go to hell. We are already in hell!

In narrative films, you set up reality, so you can limit the variables. You don't have that luxury with docs.