Quotes About Aspiration

Much like Tim Minchin, I'd love to write and appear in a West End Musical. That's the dream.

Stephen Daldry would be a director that I would love to work with as well as Peter Jackson, Tim Burton, and I'm very lucky to have worked with Isabel Coixet, who is also one of my favourite directors.

I really want to work with Tim Burton and Johnny Depp.

Meryl Streep is my favorite actor of all time, period. That would be a dream to be in something with her. I just think there's so much I can learn from her.

Who hasn't dreamed of being a superhero? I don't know what my superhero name would be, but my power? I would have to say time travel.

I want to make timeless movies.

I definitely don't aspire to writing that's 'timeless,' whatever that means.

When I was 10 years old, my teacher got us to imagine our future. I drew a timeline of the rest of my life. I had just started playing football, so I drew pictures of me as a professional footballer.

It's New York City, you want to be shown in Times Square. you want your picture there. You want those kind of things. To inspire people, that's really what it's about.

I want it all. I want the Pepsi endorsement. I want the arena shows. I want Times Square!

My goal in Korea is to win. There's no timetable when to set the American record.

The best leaders don't set timid and selfish goals but instead set bold targets that may be harder to achieve.

There are certain people I'd absolutely love to work with. I was a huge fan of 'Two and a Half Men.' The comedic timing was so perfect on that show. So maybe that show or maybe 'Modern Family.' Both of those shows have great casts.

I've always wanted to design a Mustang. I just never really had the opportunity in my career because the timing was never right.

I really want to go to Harvard; it's just a matter of timing.

I just want Tina Fey to be my best friend. And Lena Dunham. And Oprah, too.

Tina Fey is one of my heroes.

I want to be host of 'SNL.' I want to work with Steven Spielberg, Leonardo DiCaprio, J.J. Abrams, Emma Stone and Tim Burton, Sean Penn, Cameron Crowe. I want to work with Adam Sandler - he is so funny - and Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

I remember thinking, 'If I can make Tina Fey laugh, I can die happy.'

I had done some small-sketch stuff in college, and at that time, Tina Fey was becoming a heavy influence on my life and my world. I decided I wanted to do what she was doing.

I was born in a tiny place in Ivory Coast, so being a protagonist in this life is a dream.

I started as a child artist, and not as a heroine, as most would think. I was performing on stage once when the late Bimal Roy saw me and asked me if I would work in films. I was too tiny. Without realising, I just said yes.

The Tea Party people say they're angry about socialism, but maybe they're really angry about capitalism. If there's a sense of being looked down upon, it's that sense of failure that's built into a system that assures everyone they can make it to the top, but then reserves the top for only a tiny fraction of the strivers.

At the very beginning, I was a page at Letterman, and I freelanced for any place that would let me write any word. I wanted to do this so badly. Then when I got a tiny bit of success, I was petrified that I was going to lose it.