Quotes About Passion

I wrote my first song, 'Conversion', to this little hip-hop instrumental. I went to an open-mic, plugged my iPod into the P.A., and sang over the beat.

I'm a huge Ira Glass fan; I'm a huge fan of radio in general.

Every Iranian artist dreams of the black market. We don't care about making money.

You won't hear me talk about my politics, you won't hear me talk about my vegetarianism, you won't hear me comment on the Iraq war. You'll only hear me talk about being gay and being an actor. I am just public on those two issues.

If I didn't want to be playing for Ireland, I wouldn't be here.

There was nobody in the city I came from - Cork, Ireland - that I could link up with to teach me the guitar.

The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots.

The sport wouldn't be what it is without the fans, and at UFC 189, watching the Irish fans screaming 'Ole Ole Ole' was pretty amazing.

I love battles. I think it's part of the Irish in me.

Growing up I was a competitive Irish step dancer.

I'm an Irish guy who loves his music.

I loved 'Iron Man.'

Iron Man is my most favorite human, character, person in the world.

I'm in love with corrugated iron buildings, especially chapels and churches.

Animation is my love, but I think there's definitely room in live-action. I mean, 'Iron Man 2' was fun, and I got to see that world.

My biggest inspiration was always early Iron Maiden, because it was the only band I knew for some time, and, as we all know, Iron Maiden is great.

When I was younger, and Iron Maiden and Def Leppard and all that stuff was coming out, I was learning all those songs and trying to play guitar and develop my chops. I was a big fan.

It's the irrational things that interest me.

I'm irrational about all things creative, and I'm always late!

When it comes time for basketball, everything else is kind of irrelevant.

The hankering of the mind is irresistible.

Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion.

But while I loved all of these courses, there was an irresistible attraction of economics.

For me, when I choose a script, I put my heart and soul into it, and that is exactly what I look for in a film. A good film is a good film. And if it's a bad film, irrespective of whether it's made 300 crores or 200 crores or any amount of money, it doesn't matter to me.