Quotes About Ambition

I will definitely direct feature films one day.

I am not bothered about money. I have no dreams that feature money. I dream only of good cinema and good scripts.

I really want to get into feature films.

I would like to be an actor, but I really would like to be a director of feature films. That's what I want to be when I grow up. I want to make films.

I want to direct a feature film. Horror is my main genre.

I've not had any interest in running a movie studio, but I want to make one feature film.

I got to the point where I'd featured on songs; I'd done backing singing for major artists. I'd done all these shows, but it was always for other people.

I got a call for 'Aaya Na Tu' the same day that Forbes featured me in their list of 30 under 30. That day, I knew I had established myself as more than just a singer.

I still want to do features, but on my own terms.

I think the commercial world is a lateral step from features. Some people see it as a step down, but I've never understood that.

It's head and heart. I like to feed both. I always wanted to be an actor. But the cultural-intellectual side of things has always excited me. I wouldn't want to let it go.

I want to be doing something that I love and actually being able to feed myself by doing it.

To see my little brother Chandler outdoing me, it's great; I want to be able to cross-market and feed off his star power.

When I sat down to write 'Rules of Civility,' I didn't write it for anybody but myself. I wasn't trying to make my mark or make money. I wasn't anxious about feeding my kids or whether my father would be proud of me.

Ambition can be a disease, and it feeds on itself.

I feel that your ambitions should always exceed the budget.

I play to win. If I have great numbers, that's great. Obviously you feel good about it, but still, I'm playing to win.

But when it comes down to it, I'm a guy who feels like I should be a champion in NXT.

I just try to see what happens when you put your feet on the accelerator.

I'd like to be on the next 'Six Feet Under,' whatever that is.

I wanted to create jobs and create something that had a very longstanding world-changing effect. We were close. We were close to getting there. It just fell apart.

I went to art school, and I wanted to be an artist since I was 5. I basically moved to New York to do art, and I just sort of fell into doing music at an early age.

When I took up cricket seriously, I wanted to play for India. When my dream was achieved, I thought what next? Then a fellow cricketer told me, 'Playing for India is easy; playing for 10-15 years is difficult.' Then I changed my dream to play 100 Test matches. I achieved that as well. Now there is nothing to achieve, so I am just enjoying things.

One big learning from Thiel fellowship was think really big and create an impact, without thinking if anybody has done it before.