Quotes About Aspiration

I'd love to play a musician in a film.

As a young musician, you really want to play.

I got to New York when I was eighteen. I was knocking around, trying to be an actor, writer, musician, whatever happened.

I came out to L.A. in '78 to be a musician. I didn't get into comedy until the mid-Eighties.

What motivates me is just to do a really, really good job at something. If I were a better musician, I probably would've ended up as one.

I actually was a musician in college, a composer and singer, and really intended to be the second coming of Leonard Bernstein when I got out.

I don't think I ever thought of growing up to be anything other than a musician. There really wasn't a plan B. Well, a kind of a distant plan B was to be a Formula One driver, but there really wasn't an entry point.

Everybody knew James Brown. Every musician dreamed of being in his band.

I remember I wanted to be an athlete. I wanted to be in the NFL or NBA or something, and I don't think I dreamed of being a benchwarmer. I'm sure I wanted to be the best. But I didn't really ever think I was going to be a famous musician.

I'm a failed musician rather than a successful writer.

If I could be a musician, I'd do it. I love singing.

I would love to do a serious period drama. Oh, absolutely. I mean, you'll find most comedians want to do more serious stuff, most musicians want to be comedians, and most serious actors want to be musicians.

I've always thought that actors wanted to be pop musicians and pop musicians wanted to be actors.

I always dream about other musicians. And they're never interested in hanging out with us. It's like being at school and the bigger boys don't want to play with you!

I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.

There's nothing wrong with becoming a role model, nothing wrong with inspiring people to become musicians, to become actors.

'X-Men' or 'Avengers!' I want to be a mutant or an Avenger.

I wanted to be a scientist, but I wanted to go into space. They are not mutually exclusive.

I now know that my dreams and my identity are only mutually exclusive if I don't try.

I didn't know I could sing until I auditioned for 'Les Miserables.' My friend was auditioning, and I wanted to audition too.

I am trying to do everything that Ribery did for Bayern because he is a guy I like so much. He is my friend, who gives me lots of advice.

Hey, I'm just trying to become the Michael Caine/Gene Hackman of my generation.

My generation were all careerists.

In our 20s, women in my generation, we all wanted to be Laurie Anderson.