The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night to examine the results obtained.
I look for an interesting and often times, fresh character. Something different that what is done all the time or than I've done recently. I look at who is directing. Those two variables as well as a third, which is the content and the quality of the screenplay. I look at the arcs of the scenes and
I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.