Quotes About Fulfillment

Having a hit is fine, but doing the work is what I want. I get more excited the day of creation than once it's big.

I wanted to get a job being creative, and I did.

Work infuses my whole life. My creative life is my real life, so it's hard to separate.

I'm a creative person, so I have to stay busy.

Personally, I experience success when I enjoy what I'm doing. I love the creative process, even if the end result isn't embraced by anyone else.

I get to do my own thing with music. I get to write the songs and sing the songs. As an actor, you have to do what someone else tells you to do and say someone else's words. And you're limited by the way you look and music is just more rewarding creatively for me.

I always prefer to end a show where you're feeling creatively on top.

I guess just enjoying what you do and always wanting more of that enjoyment, satisfaction, and putting something together creatively - that gives me a lot of happiness.

I would be sad if it ended now. It's been the best job I've had by a long shot, especially creatively because the writing is so good. Every week I get the script and I laugh out loud and get excited for the different stuff we get to do.

I don't want to be a part of a show that is creatively dissatisfying.

I think I'm most proud of my family right now. I'm more into that then I've ever been. It also gives a new area to draw from in creativity with my songs.

In terms of creativity, both are equally satisfying. Music album is for yourself, where you compose songs and stuff like that, and in films, you have a story, characters, and songs penned by someone else.

That is the beauty of doing something when you're older. It doesn't matter what anyone else says because you're not doing it to build credibility.

All talent needs is credibility and the freedom to create. That is all. That's what will make the talent happy, that's what makes me happy to this day.

I need to have the soul bank full as well as pay the credit cards and have a roof over my head.

You get to the end of something, you're laughing, you're like, 'That's funny, and that's funny,' and then you get to the end, and the credits come down, and you're like, 'That's it?! That's the whole thing?! You had me here for that?!' I just don't want to do that.

I'm nothing without a band. I always feel like I'm part of the road crew until I'm on stage.

It always gives you pleasure when you score runs in Test cricket.

I lost my parents without them seeing me play international cricket.

I just like to enjoy my cricket.

A 'Cosmo' cover has been my dream my entire life. I cried when I found out.

I sort of cringe when I hear myself say the word 'work.' Getting to do something you love to do never really feels like work.

I wanted a half-hour, single-camera comedy with a great lead where I could be No. 2 or 3 on the call sheet, and it was going to get on the air. Those were my criteria, and they sent me 'Cougar Town.' I read it and loved it.

There's nothing more satisfying than having an idea and seeing it through to find out that, not only did you like it, but the audience and critics all seemed to agree.