Quotes About Ambition

Money is finite; it's limited by a number and what you can buy with it. Power has no limits if you're willing to go far enough in order to get as much of it as you can.

It's very Finnish to think you can't make it outside Finland.

I'd like to be able to light the fire a little bit.

I've never felt like my career has been on fire.

I don't want to be fired after two seasons and risk never getting another opportunity to coach.

Sometimes I wish I could get fired.

Most actors have been fired during their career.

I got fired from being a lunch-shift bartender because I had a reading of a play.

I dropped out of school; I got fired from my job. Those were my roughest moments, but I always knew through it that I was going to be great.

Like I always say, the goal every day is not to get fired.

I love acting - I love doing it. It's a lot of fun, but for the longest time, I wanted to become a firefighter. I still do want to become a firefighter.

By no means did my first book sell. I took a few runs at it. You'll never see those early efforts 'cause they're burned, straight to the fireplace where they belong.

Nothing fires me up like losing. It certainly makes you want to go that extra bit.

The biggest mistake I've seen people make with their careers is, when they're good, after two or three years - and they happen to be smart - they announce that they're going out to start their own firm.

My family said that a big firm was where you'd get the most opportunities. I knew nobody who had ever worked at a firm, nobody who knew anything about it. I just tried to get the best job I could.

But at the end of the day, I am a firm believer of the fact that if I can do well nobody can stop me.

I made my first film when I was 35, so I firmly believe that you don't have to be one thing in life. If you're doing something, and you have a desire to do something different, give it a try.

I am still seeking to become firmly established as an actor.

The first essentials, of course, is to know what you want.

I had my first child at 21, my first restaurant at 24.

Education is an incredibly personal issue for me. If you're the first generation to go to college, sometimes you don't realize your potential until others point it out.

I got my first job by exceeding expectations.

So I went and got my first job at 28, trying to think what I am going to do, I've never worked for anybody, so I decided to go and write and send my CV off to everyone.

First job I went out on in new York I got, and when I came back, the first job I went out on, I got.