I've realised that to make a successful film, you have to be with a unit which is happy and positive from the beginning.
I was looking for something to make me happy, and once I realised what I actually had, then I found success.
I realised success as an actor alone wouldn't make me happy. I needed to explore my spiritual side in more depth.
The unchangeable can only be realised in silence. Once realised,
it will deeply affect the changeable, itself remaining unaffected.
I've kind of realised life is meant to be tough and everybody is in psychic and spiritual discomfort of some sort and has a burden to carry. I've realised I'm not special.
And as I looked at the star, I realised what millions of other people have realised when looking at stars. We're tiny. We don't matter. We're here for a second and then gone the next. We're a sneeze in the life of the universe.
When someone like me takes a sabbatical, it leads to a few happy realisations. It was only when I was away that I realised how films are such a big part of my life.
Once I grew up and realised 'What am I doing?' I started re-listening to the music I was playing and I realised there was so much finesse - it was dynamic and simple but I wanted to be authentic to the original songs.
I was probably 13 or 14 when I realised I had a chance to make it. That's when I realised that a bit of education had to be sacrificed in order to become a footballer.
I realised as I was getting older, I was eating healthier and healthier, and I realised I didn't really need to eat meat.
I know conventional wisdom has always been to go to Europe, and I did that early on, and I tried it, but I realised pretty quickly if I wasn't playing, nothing else mattered - I wasn't going to be happy.
I realised how big the Galatasaray community is after arriving at the airport. I am very happy and proud that I will play for such a big club.
I discovered at the age of five that I could sing, and I realised people liked it. The sound that came out made people happy, so I kept doing it.
'Masoom' was like a picnic for all of us. We kids just wanted to have fun acting in the film. We never realised when the film was completed. When we did, we realised the party was over.
No one knows what they're doing. I remember going into an interview with a big star and I was nervous. Then I realised they were more nervous. I realised I was the one with the power because I was the one asking the questions.
It's the ultimate goal every day you wake up, to be happy. At the end of the week, you want to be happy. Happy in love, happy in work, happy in life, happy with yourself. It's pretty simple.