Quotes About Persistence

It's the most satisfying occupation man has discovered yet, because you never can quite do it as well as you want to, so there's always something to wake up tomorrow morning to do.

At the end of the day, what actors really want to do is act a lot and not wait around in the trailer.

I have more care to stay than will to go.

At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible.

The journalists are poking me all the time. It's impossible for me to stop even I want to.

I always try to go back and check my old stuff. It's like watching the tapes of the game. You want to go back and go as hard as before.

Every single person wants to do it, don't hate me because I had the guts to follow my heart!

In most cases there are obstacle standing between you and those opportunities in life but, I just want you to know that front row seat is available everywhere.

It's a question of methods. Everybody wants results, but nobody wants to do what they have to do to get them done.

You dream that you want to be a monster maker when you grow up, and that's what happened. I refused to take no for an answer. I just was a very driven kid, who's now a very driven semi-adult.

Yeah, I know, any time you hear an actor say, 'I do music', you cringe. But I want to be gradual with my music. I want to earn my stripes.

The life you want is on the other side of the labor pains it takes to birth it.

I have a goal to be just the most craziest person of all time. And when I say craziest, I mean, like, I want to do like Olympic-level things. I want to be the most durable person on the planet.

And when I say craziest, I mean, like, I want to do like Olympic-level things.

When can you enjoy something you'll continue to do it and you'll continue to have that want to grow.

In time they could not even fly after their hats. Want of practice, they called it; but what it really meant was that they no longer believed.

I write down portions, maybe fragments, and perhaps an imperfect view of what Im hoping to write. Out of that, I keep trying to find exactly what I want.

But that isn't my life. I have said many times I don't want to be considered one who once flew fighters. That's not who I am. I devoted the subsequent 50 years - more - to writing.

The ability to last more than six minutes - isn't that what all men want?

Failure is an event, something that happens at a specific time on a certain day. If you want to be successful, you have to embrace failure and get back up every single time.

I love the creative process, of getting to create your own show or your own movie, whatever it is you want to do, and have the resources to try and make that happen.

I love to act. I want to be doing this forever, and I love to learn from people who I think are better.

If I get a new idea today—or any day—I won't run from it. I won't trash it. If it's something I really want to do—I'll do it.

I am persistent about everything I believe in. If there's a film I want to do, a record, a Broadway show - I do it. Everybody can hate it but I will still do it. I am fearless that way.