Quotes About Determination

I was 17 when I auditioned for 'Miss Saigon.' I really grew up doing that show. I pretty much knew, almost a year into 'Miss Saigon,' that I was going to be a performer, that I was going to be singing and acting.

'Calamity Jane' inspired me to be a performer. I still want to be her.

You're not going to find a more committed performer than Sandra Oh - to every single word, action, history that informs the future. Every little thing.

For me, it's been a long road of growth. Not only as a performer but as a man, as a father and all that kind of stuff so at one point in my career I really just wanted to give up and hang it because I wasn't getting anywhere, I wasn't getting myself in good shape.

I wouldn't be the performer I am if everyone thought I was the best. Having people against you, or who don't quite believe in you, gives a lot of extra fuel to never settle.

I'm a hardcore performer. The rest follows.

When I was on the X-Factor, I found that I grew a lot as a performer. I knew I could sing but I didn't believe in myself enough... I needed to hear that I was good.

I always knew I wanted to be a performer. I started playing when I was in third grade, but I wasn't very good at all.

Naturally you want to be the best mom you can, but then also you want to be the best performer you can.

I believe if you are a good performer, then nothing can stop you.

Most performers are used to the highs and the lows. If you can let a low stop you, that would be a sad commentary.

I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just start performing.

I started performing very young as a salsa dancer, and every time I was on that stage dancing, all I knew was that I wanted to speak. I wanted the music to stop, and I wanted to speak.

I had the humble beginnings. I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just start performing.

While I love musical theater, it wasn't the right fit for me. It's so competitive, and I was at such a disadvantage, having started performing when I was 17.

I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against the immovable object; sometimes the object doesn't move.

It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period.

I had to do what I had to do to keep my family alive. Period.

If you can't do it and do it well, you can't do it, period.

Great success doesn't come in short periods of time.

All players have 'ordinary' periods in their career and it's hard to explain why. So at these times, its all about self belief, hard work and hopefully you get the break and your form returns.

It's funny - when I first started as an actor, obviously there were long periods of being idle and all you want to do is work. So if I ever get the compulsion to feel like I should complain or feel like I want to take a break, I just remember how I was before and be very grateful for it.

There are periods when you feel really good. You feel the ball is bigger. The court is larger. You feel like you can't miss. And then there are periods when you feel, 'OK, I'm not feeling great.' But I still need to try to find a way to win.

In periods when everything was going really well I may have taken my foot off the pedal and got comfortable where I was at, not carrying on to the next level.