Quotes About Ambition

Comedy is what I really want to do and propel.

Teacher: What do you want to be when you grow up? Marji: I'll be a prophet.

If one book's done this well, you want to write another one that does just as well. There's that horror of the second novel that doesn't match up.

I don't play to prove people right or wrong. I just want to win.

It's not that people want too much, it's that they want too little.

The first film I directed (Explicit Ills), I did when I was like 27 years old. I had been an actor for a certain amount of time, and then I was like, "I want to start directing."

As soon as I finish one thing, there's always something else on the horizon I want to do. I don't have any intention of retiring from anything.

We all have the drum major instinct. We all want to be important, to surpass others, to achieve distinction, to lead the parade.

Picture yourself five years from now. Where do you want to be? Remember that. Every day. That's how you'll get there.

Everybody has to have their little tooth of power. Everybody wants to be able to bite.

Your parents tell you that you can do anything that you want, but then you turn 20, and they're like "I think you should be a doctor, instead of a musician."

I get angry if I do things wrong, but that's what keeps me going. I want to do my best.

My tone and my style are reflected in the movies I choose to make. I want to make big movies. My dream is to be Jon Favreau or Ben Affleck.

in Hollywood, everyone wants what someone else wants. It's like a law.

I'm not putting pressure on myself, all I know is I want to do music.

I'm not scared of growing old, I'm just scared of not achieving everything that I want to do.

I separated myself in Prada because I didn't want to have fun. They were all having a lot of fun - Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci - and they were a little coterie of laughs.

I get restless easily so I always want to keep working, but I am trying to pace it as well.

Maybe my records might make the next Ja Rule or Jay-Z want to rap.

Caine met Diana's disbelieving gaze and laughed aloud. "Why so gloomy? Doesn't every little girl want to grow up to be a queen?" "Princess," Diana said. "So, you got a promotion," Caine said.

Creating the opportunities for other people and solid projects, things that I like, for sure, definitely. Acting I'll do forever, but I want to produce as well.

Start producing, some writing, directing is definitely what I want to do and I'll be doing a lot more in the future as well.

Honestly, I want to do films. I want to make that move from actor to producer, like Will Smith.

Acting I'll do forever, but I want to produce and stuff as well.