Quotes About Ambition

That's the first goal I have, to be Rookie of the Year.

I'm a rookie, but I'm not here to act like a rookie.

I play in a lot of empty rooms.

The root of all evil isn't money; rather, it's not having enough money.

When you start a band like we did - we started with pretty pop-punk roots - the whole plan is to get out of the whole town and to make something of yourself.

My agent knows what I'm looking for. And I'm also looking for a new agent, too, so I'm putting it out there. Again, I'm not going to turn down every role, because there is no bad role, really. It's all what you bring to the role, but that traditional, 'Stand here and open a rope,' I'm not doing it.

When I entered films, I rose to the top. In business, too, I want to be at the top.

The Roses should have made it as the biggest band since The Beatles, but we didn't.

I want people to know that it's not always dandelions and roses when you're doing something like 'Aladdin.'

I remember auditioning for 'Moulin Rouge!,' the part that Ewan McGregor played. I was so young: I was literally just out of college.

I was one of those guys that really had to fight to make it in this league. Early on, I really had to do whatever it took, whether it be fight, rough people up, to make the team. I looked at it as it's either me or them - and it was going to be me.

When I first started out, I absolutely begged my agent to get me a Poirot audition, and my wish came true - I did a Poirot! I need to do a Marple to round it off.

My mother wanted me to be a writer, which I have ended up taking a long road round to.

I don't want to be one of those players who has a good career but couldn't get out of the first round.

Everybody wants to be a first round pick.

I know that if I play well, money will come and not the other way round.

A lot of guys would prefer to go the business route by getting as much as they can for the least amount of risk than to actually put everything on the line.

I've never taken the easy route. I don't even know what that is!

I've always wanted better for myself; I just didn't know what route I was going to take.

When I was on 'EastEnders,' I still had a paper route until I was 21 and left home.

I'm going to take whatever route I can take to win a world title.

I have never wanted to take an easy route.

The average-guy routine works only so much, and then people begin to want something more.

It's like I tell everybody, if you get a chance to win the Royal Rumble or the King of the Ring back when they had it, that means you're gonna get a push. You getting an opportunity at something big, and it can really set up your future for you. So if you're that guy, boy, it's pressure.