Quotes About Determination

I didn't really make up my mind to be an actor until I did 'The Hitcher' with Rutger Hauer. I was about 17 or 18 when I did that, by which point I'd probably done a dozen or more movies or TV things, but 'The Hitcher' was the experience that made me want to study and commit and learn how to do this for my life.

When I can't do something, this always impels me to study it.

I thought I should go to New York because it was the place to go to study. I went and tried to get an application from the Juilliard School but they wouldn't even give me one because I didn't have my high school graduation.

I don't really study the guys that I'm racing against.

When I was studying at the Neighborhood Playhouse, I would overdraft my bank account and not have enough money to buy groceries. But I also discovered how to cook with very limited resources.

I probably dreamt about running off to America or something when I was 16 because it just seemed like I was studying algebra and going, 'What am I going to use this for?'

I was actually going for the pre-medicine track and studying for my MCATs and then I decided to follow my passion, which was music. So I moved to India after college to re-immerse myself in Indian music.

No one ever sees the sleepless nights, the years of studying and 14-hour days earning your dues. I spent three years isolated in an academic environment to be the best actor I could.

I think the reason why I'm an actress is because I got hooked on the feeling of studying for an audition, going to the audition, and then getting that phone call.

I was studying to be a legal secretary when I was called to audition for 'Ken.'

I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.

A lot of actors know they want to be actors a little bit earlier on. I didn't even really start studying until I was about 22.

I started working out, eating a good diet, and just did everything I could that I thought would benefit me. I also started studying a lot harder in school. It matured me a remarkable amount and made me completely focused.

I loved English at school and realised I would enjoy studying plays. I got into Royal Holloway. They had a little studio theatre where we put on plays, and that's what I realised I wanted to do. So from there, I went to the Old Vic theatre school to learn how to do it properly.

My brother was a radio jockey while I was studying law. I have assisted a lawyer at the High Court. But I decided to give it up. I cleared auditions for radio jockey in the first go, and within a week, I was on air.

If I'm studying in NXT and trying to make it to the main roster, I would be watching Randy Orton.

It's soo freaking hard studying all night for your exams when you know there is no hope of clearing the dreaded Hindi paper.

I was at Boulogne, in the second team - the sixth, then the fifth division. I wasn't professional, so I kept studying because I wasn't sure if I would be able to make a living as a footballer.

Once people tell me I can't do stuff, I'm going to go and make it happen.

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

With the solo stuff, it's like starting over from scratch. It's rolling up your sleeves and getting down to work.

We used to sit around and listen to the radio and not hear anything like the stuff we like, so we decided to play it ourselves.

I did have a very determined idea of making money. I was quite savvy about that. And that was my most basic lesson. You do have to understand the economics. It's pointless putting in all that work and losing money. If you're not making a profit you're stuffed.

We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.