Quotes About Passion

Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.

The idea of creating film scores was terrifying for many years, into my 30s. It struck me as a career of doing 30-page term papers the night before they're due.

My career path is the best I could have hoped for, and that's thanks to independent wrestling and territories across the world.

You still slightly down that you're ever going to work again, every time you finish something. That's the territory of being an actor. It's like anything that's competitive. It takes a lot of determination. I just feel lucky to be able to do something that I really love.

Find your passion is in life, and do what you can to integrate that into your work life. That's not to say you won't have occasional frustrations in your job - that just goes with the territory - but at least you'll feel better inside, and that, over time, will mean more to you than you might think.

All too often, academic departments defend their territory with the passion of cornered animals, though with far less justification.

The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.

I sit around and try to play along to certain songs that I really love. It helps you explore new territory.

Reading is becoming a kind of specialist activity, and that strikes terror into the heart of people who love reading.

I would like to be a terrorist for music education - to make a complete reform, all over the world.

On paper, I am a Tesla guy. I've got money, I'm a nerd, and for years I professionally ran a blog advocating for technology that helps decrease our impact on the environment. I love what Tesla does.

Sometimes I test myself saying, 'If I get a death sentence if I don't make this movie, would I still make this movie?'

People like 'Crank,' some people like 'Redemption.' I'm just happy to do things that satiate a different part of me, that test me a little bit.

I want to play Test cricket until I die, seriously.

Test matches are what really drive me to perform.

That, for me, is a very important test of a young writer's commitment because most of them are going to have to continue doing that when they've finished the program.

As a test cricket lover, and as a cricket lover, I like all forms of the game.

Acting is fun, and if you enjoy doing it, you should take it seriously and see what you can do. It's been a blast, and so you know it was kind of like a test for me to move to L.A. and start studying and see how much I was really into it. Cause I wasn't gonna do it if I wasn't 100% committed.

I loved being a test pilot, and so being an astronaut was - was not my end point in, you know, either I achieved success by being an astronaut, or if I don't get picked, I'm not successful. I loved my career as a pilot, and it was a bonus to be selected as an astronaut.

Passion should meet your professional life, and I'm a living, breathing testament to that.

I was two years old when I saw the mandolin for the first time, and I just loved it. I just loved the sound of it, the shape of it even, and the way it looks. And I still love it, which is a testament to something.

Some days I end up thinking I really wish I was in the car - ike the Sonoma test, the boys tested it and I really missed driving the car there. But there are other days that I dont miss it.

I didn't go to school that much! I was racing go karts and testing nearly every day, so school wasn't the first priority.

I think that the great trick in life, wherever you are in the journey, is to do what you love and let the universe support it. When we do what we love, every day is a holiday.