Quotes About Determination

When I decided to direct, never having done that before, is something I'm very proud of.

By the time I was 21, I knew what I wanted to do, and that was to direct films.

I want to write, act, and direct!

I'd like to have a go at directing.

I discovered that my biggest passion was for directing, so in making opportunity for myself, I found what I like doing the best.

Whether it's making music or directing a video, whatever we do we do it quickly.

When it's time to play, I'm going to come play. I'm going to play the right way. I'm going to try to help my team in all directions, blocking and catching. If I don't have the ball in my hand, I'm going to protect, block down the field. I'm going to do whatever it takes to win.

A lecturer once told me I could never be a director. I was 16. I believed him.

A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people.

I don't think anyone can really make up their mind and say, Now I'm going to be a director.

And I think one way or another it's evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a friend, as somebody's there that's very anxious to get the movie made.

There are some moments where you're so depressed, you cannot see the way, and you're like, 'Whatever. Bite me.' I think all directors feel that way sometimes.

That was Dad. Don't take any dirt from anybody.

I want a manly man who's not afraid to get down and dirty.

My goal is to beat you whether you're clean or dirty.

I don't feel like we have to be dirty or anything crazy, but as far as competing, there's no limits.

Sometimes you have to be dirty to win some games.

I've got more bruises and scars on my legs than should be there. And I'm a physical person. That's why I like action movies. I like to get real into it all and get real down and dirty.

I learned to get what I wanted through any means necessary, and sometimes that means you have to get your hands dirty.

I like to win my challenge. That's English football as well, but I am not a dirty player.

I want the title. But these hands are working hands, and sometimes you've got to get them dirty.

I don't see myself at a physical disadvantage.

Some people might think that what I've done before made it easier for me to get jobs, but it was actually a disadvantage. I had to work even harder.

I don't think anyone would disagree with this: You are self-directed in daytime, and that's it. So come with it, and bring it on the first take.