Quotes About Ambition

They thought I was crazy in Mexico when I said, 'I'm going to Hollywood.' Nobody thought I could make it.

In Mexico, we call it 'terco': the guy who goes out every day, and every day they tell him no, and the next day he's there, and the next day he's there. That's the kind of people who make movies in Mexico.

When I was trying to achieve my goal, I started training. I became a character, and everyone was expecting me to become the 'Prince of...' or the Middle-Eastern, and I wanted to wear a mask, and I wanted to be like a luchador from Mexico. And people asked me, 'Why are you putting a mask on?' And the truth is, I did not want to deal with who I was.

I went to Villarreal for 30% less than I could have earned in Mexico.

I have never played in Mexico. It is something I have always wanted to do and I would not close the door on any offer.

The Andrade I knew in Mexico would do anything to get to the top and even more to stay on top.

Hell, I would love to work with El Torito somewhere and somehow on the indies or down in Mexico. Something like that.

When I was eight, I started what could be considered my first business, performing magic shows in Mexico City.

I thought my freshman year at the University of Miami, I was balling, I was looking forward to the NFL.

I want to win, and I want to win in Miami.

I was doing telenovelas in Miami and Mexico, and everyone's dream when you're an actor is to be in Hollywood.

I'd like to live in a house in Miami and make music, or Brooklyn.

I didn't want to sit and watch the grass grow my whole life. So I moved to Miami.

I wanted to be the man, the King of Miami.

I love the type of music that comes out of Miami, but it's not the artist that I want to be.

I just started the way most comics start, doing open mic shows around Sacramento and San Francisco, and eventually, I moved to L.A. After about four or five years in L.A., I got the call to join the 'The Daily Show.'

I was born with a mic in my hand.

At the age of 11 I did my first open mic show, and it was one of those lightning-bolt moments where I suddenly found what I wanted to do.

I would love to work with Jack Nicholson, Saoirse Ronan, Michael Shannon and James Franco in the future. I think those actors are amazing, and they are my favourite actors by far.

When I was 4 years old, I thought that I wanted to be a dancer like Michael Jackson.

In two years, I'll be making more than Michael Schumacher.

I think I would go for a Michael Phelps kind of guy.

Film and TV and stuff like that was something that I wanted to do when I was really, really little; like, I remember I used to do these plays with my cousins. We used to do Michael Jackson performances, and I would be Michael.

I'm not trying to get five medals. I'm not trying to be Michael Phelps.