Quotes About Ambition

At the height of my film career I joined politics because I felt I had more to do than just act.

My dad is into business and quite established. But I decided to pursue acting. Had I joined him I would've become the CEO of the company and things would've been easier for me.

My grandfather was in the Indian Army, and my father started working to fund his own higher education and joined evening classes.

I joined Spandau Ballet not because I wanted to be the best musician in the world, but because I wanted to be Elvis Presley, Marlon Brando.

I had to let go of many things because we did not have much money growing up. Like joining the Film Institute in Pune or learning the piano.

Mamata Banerjee was the reason for me joining politics.

But my instinct as a football player is always to try and grow and try and improve and I think I can do this by joining a big club such as Manchester City.

I think I've always been able to see what's coming, and when I was joining Google, people always said, 'Why are you joining this company?' It was so small at the time. I could see the importance of Google. I could see the way it was going to grow; it was going to become a big company.

I am joining politics for sure.

Winning the treble was confirmation for me that joining Bayern rather than moving abroad was the right decision.

I'm a competitive person by nature, and I have been in competitive companies, and I love to compete - joining a company where, certainly, there is a real fire in the belly to compete and bring that energy is something I look forward to.

From the moment Arsenal made an approach, everything was clear for me. I'm not going to lie, I thought it would happen later in my career. But joining such a club at 19, any player would like that.

I am hesitating about joining politics since I know the difficulties.

My mind was always set on joining Manchester United. How can you not go to United?

I am not cut out for politics. I don't even dream of joining politics.

I took a risk by joining Bayern.

Now when I first heard EPMD's first joint 'You Gots to Chill' and later 'So Whatcha Sayin'?' I said, 'I can do this!'

I always joke and say I want to invent a comfortable stiletto and then retire.

The hoary joke in the literary world, based on 'Dreams From My Father,' was that if things had worked out differently for Barack Obama, he could have made it as a writer.

I always joke that I'm a British actress trying to break into Scandinavian TV.

I think all actors, when they're not working, say, 'If I can get to this point where I'm working on a consistent basis, I'll be happy.' Of course, then, if that happens for you, and you're lucky, you find some other reason to complain. There's a joke: 'If you want to hear an actor complain, give him a job.'

I'd get home at 3:30 A.M. from the bar after my shift ended at 1. I'd write jokes, film it, and then sleep. So I did that for two years.

All I ever wanted to do was tell jokes for a living.

I think I'd make a good James Bond... I'm joking.