Quotes About Aspiration

Irrespective of our past, we need to look forward.

The No. 1 issue in the Hispanic American community is 'How do I leave my children better off than myself?

I've fallen short in my career, in MMA, but it is what it is. You're going to do that. I just wanted opportunities.

I want to win the Italian league. That's why I said no to Manchester United.

I've always wanted to walk Prada, since I'm Italian. It was really a big thing for me.

I'm proud of my Italian roots, and I've always believed that I would get the chance to fight for the belt.

I always wanted to learn French or Italian growing up. I love the romantic sound of those languages.

If you're an actor from New York, and you're Italian-American, you grow up hoping Marty Scorsese knows your name at some point before you die.

Acting was always my unscratched itch, when I was in college and even afterwards.

I definitely have the screenwriting itch.

I don't want to become an item girl, I want to be an actor and want to remain so.

I was offered only item numbers and did not want to accept as I had it ticked off my bucket list.

I try and keep up with the top 10 on iTunes.

In Ivory Coast it's very hard to have normal shoes, so just imagine football boots - they were considered a true luxury.

I don't envy anybody else's career because I feel they've earned where they're at and worked hard. I wouldn't mind Jack White's gig, though. He does it all!

Believe it or not, Jack Lemmon was my inspiration. I saw him in 'Mr. Roberts' at the Stratford theater. I was just 21 or 22 at the time and I thought some day I would like to be an actor.

I'd like to do movies. The kind of comedies Jack Lemmon does.

I'd love to do like a modern day 'Shining' and play the Jack Nicholson role.

If you look back to a picture of me when I was 12 years old, you will probably see me in a leather jacket trying to look like Elvis!

I remember, in 2009, I had said in an interview, 'who knows I might work with Jackie Chan one day.' Seven years later I actually did.

I want to be better than Bo Jackson, hopefully.

Cheyenne Jackson is just a dream.

I'm going to be big like Michael Jackson.

I have dreams of working with some of the greatest to ever do it, including Sade, Beyonce, Janet Jackson, Babyface, Smokey Robinson, and Timbaland.