Quotes About Passion

By the time I had finished my studies at St. Paul's School, I knew I wanted to be an actor.

My sorrow is I used to read all the time and now, as a writer, I don't have the time to read.

I don't have the courage not to write all the time.

So many people feel that once you reach a certain age then it's time for you to retire from a sport you love. I don't think that's true at all. I think age should not dictate that.

Nothing can rival the incredible rush the act of creation brings. Of crafting something you know is destined to be great for all time.

I knew that when it came time for me to finally make my own album, it wasnt going to be about being a jock. It had to be more personal and intimate.

Love sets fire to your schedule, And then calls an end to time.

I want somebody who sees the pointlessness and still keeps their purpose in mind; I want somebody who has a tortured soul ...some of the time

I wake up every morning thinking...this is my last day. And I jam everything into it. There's no time for mediocrity. This is no damned dress rehearsal.

When I began writing, it was a cosmic thing: Inspiration! Wham! Short spurts of time when I felt out of touch with reality, temporarily insane and the result: a song!

I became a full-time writer in 1993 and have been very happy, insofar as anybody is, since.

If this were a different time, a different place, I would take you to bed with me and make love to you for days.

If I hadn't been a singer, I might have been a photographer or an artist. But it's singing I love. I sing all the time, and I feel really good that I've expressed myself.

If the time comes and your dream doesn't seem worth it, then maybe it was the wrong dream.

People say, My God, you're so disciplined. But it has nothing to do with discipline; I loved it. Because I knew that every time I went to the gym I was one step closer to winning the competition.

I'm an activist; I have to be angry all the time. That's what we do!

We're lucky to be making films. My crew and I have been working together for a long time. I think that that's what emanates.

Working full-time as a filmmaker has been a dream come true.

I just sing the song and I sing it with conviction, meaning and I get into the mood of every song I do no matter how much time I have in between.

So as I was growing up, my father was always in the middle of making a film or preparing a film. It was a full-time, all-consuming type of operation.

I couldn't look at you and breath at the same time.

Acting is different all the time. When you're on set, different films, or just even in between, it's never the same. I think that's one of the things I love about it.

Make sure you're realistic about what you can do, but if you have a good lead with something, making the plunge into full-time writing is the only way to go.

I've always been shy, but every time that I sing or I perform, when music comes out of me, it is the only thing I can relate to, it's the only thing I can give.