Quotes About Ambition

I've got a huge, gigantic deal. We're talking about huge deals.

I paid my dues. I have crawled to gigs. I have served people coffee. I worked hard selling all these records out the back of my car. Girl, I'm ready to sell one the real way now.

By the time I was about 15, I was out playing gigs and knew I was going to be a musician.

I probably wouldn't be doing comedy, if it wasn't for the fact that I was doing stand-up and getting a few gigs, while I was also applying for law internships and getting absolutely nothing.

I love comedy and I did a few gigs here and there but it never really took off. It was too scary.

I came second in 'The Voice of Finland' in 2012 and my career really exploded at home. I had 300 gigs a year.

I've never wanted to use my age as a gimmick, as something that would get me ahead of other people. I've wanted the music to do that.

Inside my heart, there's a 12-year-old girl who has always wanted to be Ginger Rogers.

I want to be that Latin girl doing big things around the world.

I'm a workin' girl.

I'm a can-do girl.

I'm a fashion designer. I don't want to be defined as someone's girlfriend.

My career is my girlfriend.

I don't have a girlfriend. I don't know if I have a type, but I really like girls who are driven. I really care about music, so I like it when a girl really cares about something too. Whatever it is they are into, I'll be their biggest fan.

Did any agents ever put Diane Ladd up for some of the great parts, even though she always got great reviews? No! But do they put up the girlfriend of the studio executive who's gonna do them a favor later? You betcha.

We didn't want to be the girlfriends of the Beatles. We wanted to be the Beatles.

I never went to school wanting to play cute characters or girly characters.

You have to give people something to dream on.

What fulfills me are the goals that I have in life. And those goals are not just about scoring goals, although the goals give me a lot of strength and happiness.

I don't expect anyone to give me anything.

If my work is liked, not just Karan Johar or Remo D'Souza, anyone would give me roles.

I wanted to be like Jo March in 'Little Women.' I wanted to be married to a man who would give me lots of sons.

For my first big Fashion Week event, the factory wouldn't give me my clothes because I didn't have the $25,000 it cost to make them.

You can't say you're an actor if you've never acted, and you can't act if no one gives you an opportunity, but they won't give you an opportunity because you've never acted. You're like, 'What in the world? Someone give me a chance!'