Quotes About Ambition

I don't mind having a one-hit wonder as long as I have a career in show business, which has been fabulous.

I am not trying to model my career to be a one-hit wonder.

I was scared of failure, of being a one-hit wonder, never being able to write another song again, never being able to sing again. Maybe everything that I think I am and who I want to be never will happen.

On one-on-one, I'm either trying to get the first down or trying to score.

One can't allow oneself to be bullied into abandoning one's dream.

If one wants to measure oneself by the facile accruement of awards, then I've done very well.

Without the ambition to raise oneself to life's challenges, growth and innovation would never happen.

I like keeping an ongoing list of dream collaborators on my phone. I like to write down all of my dreams, actually.

When I was younger, I actually wanted to be a CIA agent. Really. I even did the online questionnaire.

Mara Casey gave me my first job. I saw something online, and it was for a part in a 'Gilmore Girls' episode, and I thought I was right for it.

I just looked like there was only one thing I could do: be in a band. It looked like I was already successful, basically. Which is what I wanted to do when I was 16. I just felt like if you did that, aesthetically you would just draw people who were doing the same thing.

If you're on Earth as a single-purpose engine, and there's only one thing you want to do for the rest of your life, have at it.

I know only one way: work hard.

Going onstage is like going into battle. You're ultimately there to win. It's driven and fuelled by passion and a desire to do it.

My intention of making acting a career was about being onstage.

As a kid, I dreamed about being onstage.

I never wanted to be a magician. I never wanted to be a comedian. I never wanted to be onstage.

I've heard New York actors say Chicago actors intimidate them because apparently we're the real nitty-gritty actors who're in a town where being onstage doesn't necessarily get you anything except your craft.

I was just making music in my bedroom. I never wanted to be onstage.

I want to get back on the international stage. I want to bring in Olympic champions to southwestern Ontario and I want it to be done the right way.

Every time you step onto the field, you have to set goals. My goals are to either score a goal, to have an assist, or to play well.

Those years between drama school and getting onto the stand-up circuit were pretty lean.

Whatever you hold onto that you want to do, and that other people tell you you are foolish to want to do - don't give up.

Show business is like a bumpy bus ride. Sometimes you find yourself temporarily juggled out of your seat and holding onto a strap. But the main idea is to hang in there and not be shoved out the door.