Quotes About Ambition

I always thought I was going to be an artist. I used to draw, and I would read Russian novels until 3 or 4 in the morning.

Now I can go back to being ruthless again.

I did sign to Ruthless Records, but they didn't really support me.

I don't want to ride on Sabbath's coattails in order to encourage my own opportunities.

It's a lot easier to sabotage your career than to have a career to sabotage.

I want the single-season sack record.

I am super competitive, and I sacrifice a lot.

He had a sort of positive effect - you saw Salah and wanted to work harder. Talent and sacrifice.

It's easy to say, and a lot of people pay lip service, saying, 'I want to win.' But, well, everybody wants to win. What are you willing to sacrifice to be able to win? Are you going to sacrifice money? Are you going to sacrifice playing time? You gotta sacrifice something.

I sacrificed a lot of things growing up.

You learn how to take sacrifices, you learn to give things up to get into something you're trying to get into.

You have to make sacrifices if you want to do what you want to do in this world. If you really want something you make the sacrifice. If you don't, you don't.

If I don't make it, I'll be very sad that there are things I didn't do, but I'm happy that I've done what I have.

Los Angeles can be a really sad city.

I think my mantra for saying yes to anything is just, 'Oh, I think that'll be a cool, interesting project,' or - sadly! - 'Ooh, this will help my career.'

You can't play it safe if you want to get ahead.

When I got into drama school, that's when I knew that I could safely say that I wanted to be a professional actor.

I want to be the best safety in the league.

I've never wanted to be on television for the sake of it, I suppose because I'm not one of life's natural presenters; I'm not an actor.

I didn't want to be famous for its own sake. I wanted to be famous so as to be happy.

I don't love big films for the sake of big films. It's not been a career drive to get to that point.

I've never seen someone work for a salary.

I knew nothing about sales, marketing or how to run a company. Nor did I have a desire to do any of those things.

My father was a salesman, and I always said I wouldn't be one.