Quotes About Ambition

Each time I did assignments or editorials, I realized that I wanted to do something more. I saw that it wasn't just about the clothes.

A misfit like me getting anywhere in Hollywood as I somehow have, seemed, certainly at the time of 'Spanking The Monkey,' kind of out of reach, or not a very realistic take.

I'd like to live in Paris, New York, and Los Angeles all at the same time.

Every time I open a new restaurant, I wake up in the middle of the night moaning about bread and water. I dream I am in the middle of the dining room, and I am panicked.

Never take no for an answer. It took me 20 years between the time I wrote my first screenplay and the time I actually got money to direct a movie.

When starting to think about any novel, part of the motive is: I'm going to show them, this time.

I don't waste too much time philosophizing about wealth, I just recommend it to everyone.

If I went by all the rejection I've had in my career, I should have given up a long time ago.

The philosopher spends in becoming a man the time which the ambitious man spends in becoming a personage.

It doesn't really matter if you are left behind the back, but what matters is your capacity to pull and push everyone by your way to get to the front.

It took me a long time to figure out how to act, and how to conduct myself in the business so I could get what I felt I needed to support my potential and give them what they wanted.

Let's be honest: the trappings of investment banking are quite tempting. I do miss it sometimes. And to be honest, there was a time I'd read the 'WSJ' in the morning, and for years I have done that.

I really don't spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I'm not stopping.

I ... ran for Legislature [in 1832] ... and was beaten-the only time I have been beaten by the people.

At around 19 I realized that I really didn't have any skills other than making people laugh, so I should probably pursue it full-time.

If somebody knew every time they did something it was going to be a hit there would never be any failures. Sadly, that's not how it works. You take nothing for granted.

I'm reminded everyday that I was born to do great things, I believe that and when it's my time I shall.

[Julie Marie Pacino]is a great ballplayer, which I wanted to be. She did make four films by the time she was 14 but we're not going to talk about that.

It becomes more important to me as time goes on to make every album the best thing I've ever done, so it's a lot of self-imposed pressure that also kind of slows me down a bit.

I decided that I wanted to be a voice on every animated cartoon in the history of the world - even shows that haven't been on the air for a very long time, that's going to be harder to pull off.

Being an actor in L.A. is like being in prison: you go, you serve your time, you try to replicate Johnny Depp's career-and then you move to Paris.

By the time I had finished my studies at St. Paul's School, I knew I wanted to be an actor.

Obviously, the competitor in you, you want to be in the top three every time in the pool.

Be tenacious. Get as much stage time as possible.