Quotes About Aspiration

I had only that one picture, Hitler, the Beast of Berlin, in which I had a part big enough to impress anyone. I tried for better roles over and over again.

When 'American Pie' happened, I was so lucky to get that opportunity and I just tried to do a good job in that genre. But the films that inspired me as a kid were, like, Malcolm McDowall in 'A Clockwork Orange.' He was my hero.

I tried to make the Olympics team in 1956.

I've been playing piano my whole life, but I'd never tried to understand how compositions are made, really. Try to imagine if you'd loved paintings your whole life but had never painted one. My aspiration now is just to understand.

I have tried girl-next-door. I have done the role of a corporate woman. A love story is something that I would like to work on.

My nine-year-old was trying to read my spiel. When she tried to pronounce the word 'pharmaceutical,' it was frightening. She would love to argue in the Supreme Court one day. My son asked me, 'Mommy, why do you have to have so many arguments? Why can't you have agreements?'

One definition of noir is where a not-so-good man or woman tries to touch something good - and fails.

I'm one of those people who always tries to overachieve. I want to do more. I want to do bigger things.

When a filmmaker tries to make a good film and if he gets success in that then definitely it's a nice feeling.

Every actor tries to come to Broadway be it Richard Burton, Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor or Shirley McClain.

Superhero movies are so famous because of the metaphor that they trigger in one's self about who you could be if things were different.

More than anything, I wanted to be Aragorn in 'Lord of the Rings,' and I wanted to be Lirael in the 'Sabriel' trilogy. The only way I was ever going to get to do that was act, so I tried.

'FlashForward' was a dream come true. I had auditioned for David Goyer for 'Blade: Trinity' and didn't get the part, but I guess he became a fan.

Cardi B or Tiffany Haddish from 'Girl's Trip,' I think I could play those two.

This new project, 'Excursions,' has been a trip down my own memory lane before 'Minecraft,' when I aspired to create music I could hear on a commute to dance to.

It takes a lot more than just knowing how to put an outfit together to succeed in the fashion industry, so more power to you if this is where you want to be; just don't expect it to be an extended trip to the mall.

It's a trip now that other bands are saying that they look up to us. In my mind, I'm still 18 years old trying to emulate Pantera in my bedroom.

My first airplane trip was to Paris. I had this fantasy that I would become a model, and I did!

It's so hard to look at someone doing a triple cork when you're 7 years old, and them saying, 'I want to go do that.' It's not really relatable at all. So, if I can somehow make it so kids want to get into snowboarding, that's special.

I'm not lookin' to go platinum or triple platinum.

Triple H is someone I've looked up to since I was a little girl.

You never think of being in that conversation for the triple crown. You don't even dream about that. It's a dumb dream. Get real.

The Triple Crown is an attractive target because it is so difficult to achieve.

Always looked up to Brian and his skating, I loved his skating and what he had done for the sport. And the triple axel, that was the thing, and I wanted a triple axel.