Quotes About Ambition

Bobby [Fosse] was very difficult to work with, he wanted to be a big star at MGM, but it was the end of making musical movies at the time.

I was shy and a hard worker, so acting was a way to focus whatever nervous energy I was experiencing onto a goal.

If you love everything you do, you will probably end up with mediocre work. I think dissatisfaction with the state of things does propel creative people forward.

Seeking can become stressful when you apply the same laws that you apply in the material world - hard work, exacting plans, driving ambition, and attachment to outcome.

I thought I would, you know, go to college, get to law school, finish, and then get a job and work as a lawyer, but that proved to be not a good fit for me.

For a long time, I debated about whether I would make movies or join the circus and work as a clown.

I'm not a Casanova in 'The Newsroom,' by the way - just another hard worker.

I left school with no qualifications, but I was doing theatre and film work and thought that was the best thing since sliced bread.

Honestly, this will never happen because she's so much classier than me, but I would love to work with Sofia Coppola.

I went to work to make money, not because I was bored. It was money that I wanted.

I don't have to work just to work anymore. More interesting parts come my way, so I can afford to say, 'I don't want to make that.'

Passion and persistence are what matter. Dreams are achievable and you can make your fantasy come true, but there are no shortcuts. Nothing happens without hard work.

They let you dream just to watch them shatter, you're just a step on the boss man's ladder.

I have always been a firm believer in working hard for what is right and for making your own breaks if you want things to change.

Nobody really wants to work anymore. Nobody has the dedication to say, "It's going to take me ten years to get through this thing."

Not being busy is something I worry about, but I think work begets work.

The best thing about where comedy is now is if you have a little bit of talent and a strong work ethic, and strong social skills, you can make a name for yourself and you can make money.

I don't sleep very much. I really like to work, though. I feel like a kid in a candy store.

I grew up in San Diego, so it wasn't hard to move to L.A. to get into show business, but I did the standard thing of just moving without much money and just seeing if I could make it work.

Destiny is what we work toward. The future doesn't exist yet. Fate is for losers!

The goal [of mine] was always to work in as many different genres as I possibly could.

A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until she is placed on the bier.

I make bean stalks, I'm A builder, like yourself.

There's the brilliant audacity of youth that poets strike upon in their earliest work sometimes that they never can hit upon again.