It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.
“I seem to be attracted to the quiet, brooding type. But not too brooding. Too brooding can be narcissistic. Or psychotic.”
“One reason we lasted so long is that we usually played two people who were very much in love. As we were realistic actors, we became those two people. So we had a divertissement: I had an affair with him, and he with me.”