Quotes About Aspiration

I blame my grandmother for encouraging me to become an actress.

My grandmother really wanted to see me become a singer, but she passed away before I became one.

I was inspired by Cary Grant. I wanted to do the kind of work he did and to work in light-hearted roles, in comedies.

I've always aspired to Cary Grant's level of coolness and failed miserably.

Not everyone is granted the opportunity that each of us deserves: to fulfill our God-given potential.

Chances have been taken, opportunities granted, and because of such, I find myself in a position where some of my biggest dreams are in arm's reach.

I hope my career will be long-term. It's not something I'm taking for granted, but we try to plan that way.

Bollywood is a dream come true for me and I am not going to take anything for granted, that's for sure.

I go to play for Congo now and it's a reality check. You see how it is for some people and you don't take things for granted. A lot of the people in Congo, to get the opportunity that I have had, I don't know what they'd do.

I was clear about the fact that my first film should be 'big,' since it's the start of your whole career graph.

I would love to follow a career graph like Akshay Kumar's.

I love movies, but I would love to write as many graphic novels as people would read from me.

Success should always be just beyond your grasp.

I was in an academy from the age of eight. I couldn't play for my grassroots team then.

I'm always inspired by all of my friends. I aspire to make clothes that my friends would want to wear, that they would gravitate towards anyway.

To me the thing with 'Grease' was that it was the first movie that as a kid I wanted to get up and do what they were doing.

'Dirty Dancing', 'Grease', those were the movies that I used to watch over and over and over at my grandma's house when I was a little girl. I just remember watching them, and I always wanted to be Sandy, and I wanted to be Baby. I wanted to be the girl who's lifted in the dance, and she's beautiful and all those things.

I didn't have the great American novel burning inside me, but I felt I could try my hand at popular fiction.

I'm a great believer in setting myself goals, and I like to think that, once I've a goal to aim for, I'll do whatever it takes to achieve it.

My mum, Josephine, is a great believer that you can be whatever you want in life. I was raised as part of the postwar generation and encouraged to do well at school.

People talk about how great this country is - and it's a great country - but I feel that many young people don't believe they have access to the American dream.

It is a great feeling when you lay down at night, and you know there are little kids out there imitating you, and people want to know what you eat and when you go to sleep.

It's a great feeling to be the WBC champ of the world, but there's more to gain from this.

I just want to work with the big people and the people who make great music.