Benjamin Stone quotes:

Getting up early and setting myself daily targets, even outside of acting, keeps me active and motivated in general and thus happier, which I hope translates into my personality and my work.

Naturally animals are very special to me, especially dogs.

When I was younger I could never get up in the morning, I always found it so difficult. If I had an appointment, I had no problem, but just getting up early for the sake of it was so hard, I just loved my bed (and still do!).

I am fortunate to have a lot of love in my life. I love my family, I love my dog, I love my close friends, and I absolutely love my incredible girlfriend.

People who have come from nothing and started their own business or opened up a whole new niche in a particular industry, they truly inspire me.

To me love is passionate, it is honest, and it is selfless. Love is willing to completely give up your life for someone, to make sacrifices and put them first.

Science is my JAM. I am very excited to see where science and technological advancements will take us in the next few decades.

Vulnerability isn't a bad thing. Everyone's vulnerable and it only makes you human.

The best thing about the world today is that everyone is connected and you can go online and quickly find people all over the world doing incredible things.

It's healthy to periodically self examine your life, your goals, your relationships, and ask yourself honestly, am I happy? Am I on the right track?

Successful people inspire me, and I don't mean just in their career but people who have amazing families, or who have made a difference, or followed their dreams.

Medical science in particular will get exponentially better, especially once computers will be powerful enough to digitally simulate entire human brains, meaning medical experiments that would normally take years can be digitally run taking only hours.

I can't stand being stagnant. Every day is a new opportunity to achieve something, even on a small scale.

I am very lucky to live in California, which is not only filled with very entrepreneurial people who don't wait around for success, but who make their own.

To me love is passionate, it is honest, and it is selfless.

Being constantly surprised about what nature can create, that inspires me beyond belief.

As an actor in-between jobs, it can be hard to stay motivated when you feel like you future is always in someone else's hands. You are always waiting for someone to look at you and say "YES."

One of the most empowering things about being a self-employed actor is also one of the hardest things; I get to set my own goals.

A lack of direction and meaning can leave you empty.

For the longest time I have had so much belief and confidence in myself, which as an actor you need, because the entertainment industry is incredible competitive, brutal, and unpredictable just when you start to think you know what's going on.

I guess at it's very core love is connection that just makes so much sense you wonder how you used to live before you were lucky enough to experience it.

You can't truly love someone if you also love yourself, just as you can't love someone if you are not honest with them and they with you - otherwise it's just infatuation and desire.

I don't think I can get anywhere near to fully describing what love is.

My friends joke that I love planning things - which I do - and the reason is because there's so much I want to do, so many things I want to see and experience. If I don't actively pursue these things, I will never do everything I want to do, in life and in my career. That's what gets me up in the morning.

If you lack vulnerability then you are not being truthful to yourself.

My career goals generally remain the same, but my short time goals constantly change either because I've reached them all or they no longer fit into my current strategy.