Quotes About Persistence

See, the same old Ella still lives." He grins... "She just needed a little push out."... "No, she doesn't. She's gone forever." "Try all you want, but I'm bringing her back.

You start playing when it's cold and you want to be playing when it's cold again.

I think I'll try to keep working in film for a little bit. There's something still kind of magical about it, that I don't want to let go of.

In the future, I want to be consistent from Day 1. We're still making adjustments. I still believe that I can be better.

Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.

I'm not even born yet. I'm still trying. I'm still pushing. I don't ever want to get to a place where I feel satisfied.

I have a perfectionist mentality; I want things to be right. But I've had a little duel over the years with that mentality. Because it can inhibit you.

Do what you don't want to do to get what you want to get.

I've always been a perfectionist, so I always wanted to sound better than I did. But, that's a never-ending process. You always want to get better. There's always room to grow.

Next time you want to quit, think who you want to be. Quitters never win.

My husband says I can do anything I put my mind to, but the truth i, the only thing I want to do is act.

It's a road," Corey said, pointing. "A dirt road," Hayley muttered. "So? We've been slogging through the forest for two days. What do you want? A six-lane highway?

You can only dance for so long, but you can act until you're dead, so... I fell in love with it and I want to keep doing it and pushing myself.

I guess now I view music as my career. I want to do it forever, regardless of whether or not it's my means of living.

You can use the same motto for everything in life. If you put that effort in, you'll get what you want.

It's not easy making money as an actor. It's just not an easy thing to do. There's so many that want to do it and so few opportunities to do it that it's not as easy as it would seem.

Don't be a victim; if you want to make movies, make movies.

Momentum,' She repeats. 'You can't just stand there if you want something to fly. You have to run.

As actors we always say that once the person in a scene gets what they want, the scene is over. It's resolved. But life is never resolved - you're always in the process.

People would ask me, "what do you want to be when you're older?" and I'd be like, "a singer," and they'd be like, "what do you really want to be?" and I'd be like, "oh, I really want to be a singer."

I'm beginning to see that just knowing the piece is not enough. Having a clear technique is not enough. Having a broad repertory is not enough. I want desperately to get past all those things.

My advice to first time filmmakers is believe in yourself and the message you want to give in the film you are making.

When you want something so badly, you just do it. You don't think about how hard it's going to be.

What a man wants to do he generally can do, if he wants to badly enough.