Quotes About Ambition

Nixon had this remarkably effective, deeply intense will to power. Reagan and I have a will to ideas.

I did a year of 'Guiding Light', and I was going to be a movie actor or a stage actor, but not a TV actor. That just wasn't going to happen. And obviously, things changed so remarkably.

I would have liked to be - indeed, I should have been - a second Rembrandt.

I gave up painting by 16. I secretly thought I would have been Rembrandt by then.

If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher, the law of averages - not to mention the myth of Icarus - predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do, I want you to know this, remember this: There is no such thing as failure.

My dreams and aspirations when I was a child for as long as I can remember was to be an entertainer.

My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.

One of the books I remember reading when I was young and always thought would be a great role to play is Catherine in 'Wuthering Heights.' I like the classics.

Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it's okay to fail as long as you don't give up.

I remember me being that kid growing up. Me being the kid that grew up going to games and being a ball boy and wanting a high five from Blake Griffin or the other players.

I want everyone to remember me as just a mogul.

I want people to remember me as a guy who works hard.

I always know that people will only remember me for my efforts in Calgary which, I must admit, seem without doubt to have kept the name alive. But I honestly love law and really hope it can take off for me. I'm going for it.

It doesn't matter who they put in front of me, I just want people to remember me.

I hope people can remember me as the greatest. Who knows?

Remember: when you knock on the door of Opportunity, it is Work who answers!

I remember when we did 'Shaun of the Dead,' and when we were trying to get it off the ground in 2001 before we actually made it, a lot of people just didn't want to know.

I remember when I was like 19 years old and I started a desk calendar company to pay for my first short film, just so I could say one day that my daddy didn't pay for my first short film. And I really established myself in the film festival world.

I used to run with Chris Nolan before he was 'Chris Nolan.' I remember when he was trying to sell 'Memento,' and he just couldn't.

I remember when I got to 16, my mum was like, 'No, now you've got to go and get a proper job. We've indulged you long enough.' I don't think they ever thought I was going to be successful in entertainment at all.

I remember when I started off, my first car was a Kia Spectra. With a spoiler kit and some rims.

I remember when I first started, the first movie I wrote that didn't get made I was aghast. 'Wait a minute, that's not how this is supposed to work. You write a move and it gets made!'

I remember when I first came to Los Angeles being staggered by the range of roles open to me. These were leading parts in shiny new projects, and what always excited me was knowing there was a possibility that I could actually get these parts. I always had the impression that I had a chance.

I remember when I was on 'Saturday Night Live' my first year, and I wasn't getting much. I was down; I was ready to quit.