Quotes About Ambition

I never felt my career was going backwards.

I'm always looking ahead, not backwards.

Since I got into acting, I always wanted to play a bad guy.

I always dreamed I would be a really good bad guy.

I don't think it's a bad thing to go out there and challenge yourself as an actor.

To come up short when you reach too far is not such a bad thing rather than not to reach at all, right?

I was singing before I acted, but I was also attracted to drama, and, y'know, I got successful at that, which isn't a bad thing.

Selfishness is a quality and not necessarily a bad thing.

To me, you get into this business to make money and to make a name for yourself. And the fact that you're on the indies for 15 years is not a badge of honor.

Didn't you know I'm going to be the greatest, most entertaining author and artist in the world? Well, don't feel badly, I didn't either!

Guys are so good. It's just about how badly you want it. I want it real bad.

I want to play Miss Adelaide in 'Guys and Dolls.' Really badly.

I think you have to try and fail a little bit, because you learn how badly you want it.

I was taught that you could do anything if you wanted it badly enough.

I get a lot of girls who say, 'I just want to be a model so badly.' And I think: 'You can do better than that.' I mean, look, I do love it, I'm not saying anything bad about it, I just think you can do a lot more.

By rights, I should be an out-of-work actress because I just don't want it as badly as some people want it.

I wanted to do this so badly, to be a successful musician.

If I want to do something badly enough, I'll make it work, disability or no disability.

My dad thought I'd end up in the poorhouse or in doughnut shops with a bag full of reviews.

I don't wake up in the morning thinking that I have to bag roles in all good films that are being made.

I really want to play interesting roles, but you want to work, so it's a balancing game.

Everyday, I sit in my balcony and think about how I want to take my life forward.

Who doesn't want the ball? Everyone wants the ball; everyone wants to score.

When I play ball, I play hardball.