Quotes About Aspiration

Growing up, I always had my dreams set on being an actor, so I looked up to Julia Roberts, Audrey Hepburn.

I grew up watching Julia Roberts and Gwyneth Paltrow. I dreamed of working in the arts.

One can hope to be like Julie Christie, and with a bit of luck might be able to, but you couldn't hope to be like Rita Hayworth.

I'd love the career of Julie Walters. As a man.

Once I started playing as a striker, I'd say I looked up to Julie Fleeting and Thierry Henry.

I've always had a thing about Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Helen Mirren, Julie Walters, and Imelda Staunton. I'm hoping to follow in their footsteps.

If I could really move my career much more into predominantly directing, I would jump at that.

Growing up as a high jumper, I said if I could ever jump 2.40, I'd be pretty satisfied with my career. It's definitely a barrier for high jumpers.

All junior artistes feel they will become like Amitabh Bachchan or Shah Rukh Khan. That is everyone's dream in the industry.

I didn't grow up with money; I didn't come from a rich family. But what fashion gave me was an escape into a world of creativity: if I couldn't afford that Junior Gaultier jacket, then I'd get one from the market and customise it.

I willed myself through a junior college to a university and, ultimately, a Ph.D.

I had done some commercial work in junior high and stuff - my mother would bring me into the city, and we'd go on these crazy castings. Acting was something I always dreamed of doing... it was my passion when I was young.

When I was in junior high school, I knew I really wanted to sing.

I joined an acting class in my junior year in high school. I'd always wanted to try it.

The thing is, everybody wants to be famous. Everybody wants to be successful. Everybody wants to be that dude, but not everybody wants to do the work for it. And I think that's probably one of the reasons why there's so many juniors and only a couple that make it. Because I really wanted it. I wanted it real bad.

I am just a girl chasing her dreams and having an amazing adventure.

I want to win just as much as anybody else does.

I want to just be what kids believe in.

I read so many scripts, and it's not really exciting to just be the girlfriend.

My hope is that I can continue writing and, in the future, I can just be Maya Soetoro-Ng.

I came into music just because I wanted the bread. It's true. I looked around and this seemed like the only way I was going to get the kind of bread I wanted.

With Daphne, there was a huge part of me going, This is my dream job, literally my dream role, but there's no way I'm going to get it. So I may as well just do it how I want to do it, and not think about anyone else.' That was quite a good thing.

If you want to go after something, just do it.

I would love to get a Moonman! I'd put it next to my other awards. I don't have a cabinet right now; they're just kind of all around my flat, one next to the TV, one in the bedroom. So, I'd have to build a cabinet.