Quotes About Ambition

My English teacher always gave me scripts for plays, but I was into sports. My friend said there were small parts I could go up for, but the director gave me the part of Mozart, which was kind of the lead role. From then on I just loved it.

My friend was interning at the Miss India office and asked me to go for an audition. I just wanted to clear one basic round to show it to my friends. 'I'm in this mind space, and I can do this, losers.' I cleared the first round, and then I wanted to do more.

Hey, I'm just trying to become the Michael Caine/Gene Hackman of my generation.

A lot of people in my generation don't seem to get that you have to work your way up. I don't care if filing invoices is beneath you. If you don't do it, who do you think is going to? Your boss? Nope. That's why she hired you.

My generation were all careerists.

In our 20s, women in my generation, we all wanted to be Laurie Anderson.

I always believed that I could be one of the greatest actors of my generation.

That's just my journey in life, to be the most creative and successful and talented person that ever lived.

When I began my journey in films, I never thought I'd be playing the lead in my films and was keen to move ahead with roles that give me scope to act.

All my life, I was always in a hurry! I was always hustling!

I got into this business because I like acting and I want to make movies. I would be happy living the rest of my life never famous.

I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.

Draft day is just another chapter in my life.

That's just my motto I live by, humble and hungry.

Higher, faster, longer - that is my motto.

My motto has always been hard work.

I really want to keep modelling, but it's not my number one goal in life. But it's so fun. I love doing it; it's just that - it's not like I just want to be a model when I'm older.

I just want to create my own history.

I don't complain about other people's game - I just create my own.

I never wanted to work for anybody else; I always wanted to be my own boss.

I've become a captive of my own ambitions.

It's always been a dream of mine to have my own show.

When I work for someone else, I always make money for them. When I back my own ideas, I am bound to lose.

I'm creating my own future.