Quotes About Ambition

When the first big paycheque with 'Dumb And Dumber' hit, I went: 'Gosh, I wonder if this will affect my performance. Will I do a take and think, was that worth $7 million?' But that never happened. If anything, it made me rebel against that thing when people who get rich start playing it safe.

I believe I've shown my worth, become a world champion, now I want to try and see how good I am. The only way I'll find that out is by testing myself against the best.

I was always a kid trying to make a buck. I borrowed a dollar from my dad, went to the penny candy store, bought a dollar's worth of candy, set up my booth, and sold candy for five cents apiece. Ate half my inventory, made $2.50, gave my dad back his dollar.

I missed out on a few proms, homecomings, might miss my graduation. I wouldn't want it any other way... it's worth it.

You have ups and downs in any field, but the wait will always be worth it if you love your job.

If I'm going to sell out, I'm going to sell out all the way, so a bid by the studio would be if you're going to go through the pain of trying to make a film, it's gotta be worth it.

My original aim after 'The X Factor' was to earn enough money in a year to make the whole experience worth it - you know, buy a car, a flat.

It's a lot of work being an indie artist, but it's worth it.

To me, being worth it means being independent and carving your own path. The L'Oreal woman is worth it because she wants to be.

I know there are insecurities in being an actor. There are certain compromises you need to make, but they are all worth it.

But if you can't relish playing in big games like this then it's not worth it.

I want big money fights because first and foremost I think I'm worth it.

I have always said that after sport, I wanted a life, I wanted an opportunity, I wanted to be able to do something. And if something happens - the economy falls out or the dollar is worthless, anything could happen - you have to be ready to work. And I'm ready.

Success is the progressive realization of predetermined, worthwhile, personal goals.

I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.

There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different.

What about the rat race in the first place? Is it worthwhile? Or are you just buying into someone else's definition of success? Only you can decide that, and you'll have to decide it over and over and over. But if you think it's a rat race, before you drop out, take a deep breath. Maybe you picked the wrong job. Try again. And then try again.

Anybody serious about poetry knows how hard it is to achieve anything worthwhile in it.

If there's anything in life you consider worthwhile achieving - go for it. I was told many times to forget show business - I had nothing going for me. But I pursued it, anyway. Voila!

I'd love to be in a period drama, though my dream role is to be in a film with Ray Winstone and Tom Hardy.

I definitely want to do more movies, and I'm also a writer, so I have a few screenplays that I'm working on, one of them based off my one-woman show that I used to do in New York. Two of the screenplays I've written by myself, and then I'm also working on one with my writing partner, Tom Riley, who's in London.

If the question is, 'Do I wish I made thirty million dollars a year,' the answer is, 'You bet.' If the question is, 'Do I wish I could write like Tom Clancy,' the answer must remain, 'No.'

I never wanted to be a Tom Cruise-type of megastar.

No, I don't want to play with Tom Brady. I want to beat Tom Brady. I want to play with Dak Prescott.