Quotes About Achievement

When you are yourself involved in a project so much, you have to take one step at a time and make sure it turns out good.

Some people just come in, do it and they know it's right. It turns out better than you imagined it was going to sound. When that happens, you take it as a gift.

My friends say everything I touch turns to gold. I'll say, 'I've been very lucky.'

I believe that a dream un-followed turns into all kinds of bad things in the lives of those who don't pursue them.

I'm very driven by what I do. I am certainly very competitive. I like people who represent the best at what they do, and if that turns you into a perfectionist, then maybe I am.

Whenever I deliver a hit, I can see a glow on my father's face. Sometimes, I think he turns 10 to 15 years younger when I deliver a hit.

Not until somebody turns round and says, 'Art, how do you fancy playing Charles Dickens? How do you fancy playing Prince Charles in this biopic?' Until those movements come, then no, we haven't got past anything.

There's a different kind of attitude when you come from Western New York. You work for everything you get, and nothing's really handed to you... You realize good work turns to good things, and that's the edge I always came up with.

I would want to believe that every film I do turns out to be the turning point of my career.

I always thought I could be pretty good, and it turns out fighting has made me happy.

I had a lot of what they call turntable hits. A lot of them.

Seeing RuPaul go out there and not only create music, but TV and film roles, and continue to go down so many creative avenues - that is inspirational. For a person of color like myself, I see RuPaul and I say, 'Oh, honey, I can do it too.'

Who would've thought that this little girl in the ghetto in Philly would be playing the first black lesbian superhero on network TV?

For me, acting was a reward. I had to get good grades in order to act, in order to be on TV. I had to do well in school so I could work. To me, it was like an after-school activity, something to look forward to.

Being born and raised in Blackburn, it was difficult for me to even visualise how I get to London to embark on a career in broadcasting and TV.

I love looking at people who have achieved a lot - even Kim Kardashian, who has made a brand out of being a reality TV star; I applaud that.

Most painters want recognition, especially by their peers. I achieved that a long time ago with TV. I don't need any more.

After doing modeling and films, I was always keen on doing TV. It was in my to-do-list. So when 'Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi' happened, I was more than happy.

Succeeding, being on TV, being a professional, I was proud of myself, I was happy.

In show business, you had levels. I was at the top of the TV end of it.

I remember the first time I saw the 'Sugarhill Gang' on Soul Train. I was 11 or 12. I was like, 'What's going on? How did those guys get on national TV?' And then, when I was a little older, a rapper from the neighborhood got a record deal. I was shocked.

I suddenly got magazine covers, TV commercials and advertising campaigns. Finally after two years I could show my mum and dad that modeling was lucrative.

I have an Emmy, but it's no big deal: work in TV news long enough, you eventually get one.

I've done a movie and a TV series, and someday I'd like to do a successful movie and a successful TV series. That would be nice.