Quotes About Ambition

I did not see myself as a leading lady. I thought I was really funny-looking and I would never be the lead, and I certainly would never do film or television. I wanted to do theater. I wanted to be the grand dame of the American stage.

I want to play Eva Peron. I've already done a lot of Shakespeare, but I'd like to do Lady Macbeth.

The first time I saw 'Macbeth' was not the entire play. It was at acting school, and this student was working on Lady Macbeth's soliloquy. I felt something very special, and I knew then that I would one day experience Lady Macbeth, but I always thought it would be on stage and in French.

Good films and good performances will help you go further in your career. You can't get too far by just choosing leading lady roles.

I'd really like to play Lady Macbeth.

Let the record show I would never turn down a role with Lady Gaga.

If somebody wants to get inside my brain and figure out what I'm chasing, what I'm after think Richard Branson, think Madonna, think Lady Gaga.

I've always wanted to continue work as an actor in Hollywood. So being in a film with Lady Gaga is something I'm trying to get my head around. It's a fabulous dream honey, don't wake me.

My parents, or Asian parents in general, they're like, 'You should be a doctor, a lawyer, or a banker' - all that's laid out. As a kid that's what I bought into, which is why I ended up going the corporate route initially.

L.A. is kind of laid back, but New York, everybody is out there for that buck, you know.

In New York, everyone's desperate for success, desperate for money and desperate to be accepted, but in London they're more laid back about things like that.

The music industry's very laid back while I'm very, very aggressive.

You cannot be laid back at any given time and think 'you have made it.' You need to have your head on your shoulders and have the right attitude. Your attitude is extremely important.

Bradley Wright-Phillips

I had always dreamed of being an Olympian, and something clicked inside of me. I knew I had to move to Salt Lake City and make this dream a reality.

In a way, it's like I want to come here, I want to play for the home team and put a Lakers jersey on. That's always going to be something that I want to fulfill.

We get three of the Ball boys on the Lakers together, and we gonna go championship, championship, championship, championship, championship.

I think if all three of my boys get on the Lakers somehow, they would change the NBA.

Who wouldn't want to own the Lakers?

It was always my dream to play in the NBA, especially for the Lakers because they're the greatest franchise ever.

I could always sing just playing around, but I ain't want to be no singer. I thought that was lame.

When I have actors flirting with me in acting, in my head, I am thinking, 'If I flirt back, I could definitely land a film with this guy. If I consider going to his house for drinks, considering he has invited me, I could definitely get a film with him.' But I just don't want to do that.

'House of Cards' was amazing to work on. I couldn't believe I landed there.

I landed the role in 'Caddyshack' auditioning, like everybody else. It wasn't a role I thought I'd get, so I had nothing to lose.