Quotes About Passion

I don't think of it at the moment, but the roles that interest me are those of young people.

I encourage everyone to become their dream. Most young people get sidetracked and never end up doing what they really set out to do.

My weakness is 'American Idol.' My husband thinks it's ridiculous. But I am so inspired by those young people who are singing their guts out.

I think that's an important lesson for young people who want to be artists: You have to find someone who believes in you and who will help you find that time where you don't have to think about a job but just making work. If I didn't have those people in my life, I wouldn't be in the position I'm in.

It always amazes me when I see young people with raw talent and passion.

It's like I say to young people who ask me about going into journalism: If you want to be loved, don't go into this business.

I have no desire to become a crossover artiste, singing with microphones. I believe in opera; that it is something that young people would love if they had a chance to hear it.

I get letters from young people telling me that they're broke and download my albums for free. They ask me what I think about that. I now have a standard line. I tell them, 'I would rather be heard than paid.'

Young people go to concerts.

I wouldn't be happy had I only been a teacher, if all I had done was help young people, frankly. I don't get nearly the joy teaching as I do out of creation.

Supporting drama for young people is close to my heart.

I don't think there's any other issue out there that young people are more passionate, and more ahead in, than global warming.

The one thing I witnessed over and over were these pretty young people who would throw themselves into a cause larger than themselves and believe they could change the world.

I think the more important task for a young person than developing a personal brand is figuring out what she's great at, what she loves to do, and how she can use that to leave an imprint in the world. Those are tough questions, but essential ones. Answer those - and the personal brand follows.

I don't have a burning desire to act, strangely enough. I don't know that if I hadn't been an actor as a young person, I don't know that I ever would have chosen this because it's not really my personality.

I would recommend any young person who wants to be an actor to go and get some training.

I have my dream job! As a young person training as an actor, walking on the WB studio lot is a dream in itself.

If you are a young person who is wanting to develop a passion, you cannot expect anyone else to tell you what that passion would be.

I don't think you ever love anything as passionately as you do when you're a teen. You remember the books you read as a young person your whole life. I feel so lucky to write for young adults.

Young players will run through a barbed wire fence for you.

What I would tell young players is that as you get older, the best thing you can do is try to have other interests and have opportunities.

Just like all young players, there is a difference between being involved and just participating.

I have not changed; I am still the same girl I was fifty years ago and the same young woman I was in the seventies. I still lust for life, I am still ferociously independent, I still crave justice, and I fall madly in love easily.

When I was about 13, I met the coolest, chicest young woman I had ever seen. She was a neighbor of mine who became a fashion designer and had a small design studio. She taught me so many things about style and fashion. I had always loved making things, so when she told me about her career in fashion, I knew I had found my path.