Quotes About Ambition

Acting was never part of the plan - at one point I wanted to be an RAF pilot, but I wasnt made of the right stuff.

I think every test pilot's dream is to be on the start of something that's brand new.

I remember talking to comedian Jimmy Pardo about his experience waiting to hear about his own pilot, and we both agreed on one thing: When you can't control your showbiz fate, you can at least control the amount of ice cream you're eating. And if you're like us, it was a lot.

As a kid I wanted to be a pilot.

I did the 'Gunsmoke' pilot for $250. We were all so hungry, we would have done anything.

I've done a lot of pilots. A lot of shows. You're young and you do a job just because you know someone gave you a job.

I've written several pilots that haven't gone, so that's why you haven't seen any.

I've done, like, eight pilots, and every time, everyone thinks it's going to go for 10 years.

We've always dreamt of doing TV and movies and we shot two pilots for TV networks, but neither one went to series.

I hustled my way through college playing pinball.

Sometimes, I pinch myself. Through everything, its about hard work... believing in yourself and in the American dream. Believe that you can make something out of yourself.

I pinch myself every day anyway. Everyone knows the road I have had in the game and how I have managed to get myself to where I am today.

I always believed that all it would take was a decent role. I felt like a pinch hitter with a leaden bat: that if I got a chance, I could hit a home run.

After 'Pink,' I wanted to do something that would challenge me further as an actor.

I am not at a level where I will be flooded with offers. Hopefully, things will change after 'Pink.' It is one film after 'Shaitan' where I am hoping things will change for me.

For me, my continuous struggle with every project is, "Is it better than 'Pink?'"

My childhood dream was to work with Mr Bachchan and 'Pink' fulfilled that.

Being at the pinnacle of my career is not to turn up in some multiplex blockbuster.

If I could play Jean Valjean, I think that would be the pinnacle.

After 'Game of Thrones,' having a character like that, that's like the pinnacle of your career.

England is the pinnacle of any Englishman's career.

I got to the pinnacle of the sport for a reason and that's to make money. I didn't come here just to give handouts.

We think it is a really important part of your journey, as an international player, that you come in and you want it to feel like it's the pinnacle of the game. That you want to come back into that environment. You don't want to think, 'Well, I'd much prefer playing for Sussex,' or your county.

No question, when you're talking about Grand Slams, they're the pinnacle of the game, and that's what I want to be winning.