Quotes About Passion

My whole thing is I want to have a backup plan because maybe I won't get another acting job after 'Fame', maybe I'll want to give up on acting in five years or whatever and I want to have something else that I enjoy just as much as I enjoy acting.

The more you live, the better an actor you are, but maybe I'd like to do something else on the side. Something to pay the bills as well.

I loved plays, I loved films, but I had no desire to act until I had just put out my album 'Like Water for Chocolate.' Creatively, I felt like I'd hit a ceiling, and I needed something else to express myself, and I just decided to take acting classes.

Some people use stand-up to get something else in their careers, but it's truly the art form of stand-up I love.

I know a lot of people at some point in their business careers decide they'll just cash in and do something else, but for some reason, I've never had that feeling.

There was a time when I was practicing law in New York and I wanted to find something else to do. So I ended up leaving the practice of law to pursue my art and it just happened to be out of Lego bricks.

If doing something with second-rate effort satisfies you, find something else to do - where only your best effort will satisfy you personally.

It's not about earning a paycheck, it's about doing something good that you believe in.

Good shows tend to be more fun to do. If you feel like you are doing something good and making a good show, it is a lot more enjoyable.

Obviously, artists need to make money and stuff like that, but if you do something good or if you make good art or make good stuff, the wealth will find you in some way.

I am a Blazer at heart, and I want those fans to have something good to cheer for.

I can never understand how a solo could ever be 'uncool.' Play something good, and it won't be uncool, you know?

You need to enjoy what you're doing in order to do something good. You can't force it.

I like to make music and anytime I come up with something good, I'll record it as a video on my phone.

That's the thing about musicians: The priority is to create something new that's never been before. And you put your life on the line every time that you play.

I love to create something new every night onstage; that makes a big difference.

I'm really passionate about things I enjoy, and I like to be out there doing things, and learning and challenging myself. So it's just more fun that way, just to get out and try and do and learn and meet people and try to do something new.

Films are not the sole area in my life. Films are a passion. But it's not like I'll die if I don't get another movie. I'll grow, I'll flourish, I'll learn something new, but I'll always do something that I like. If I get the right film, I'll do it. I will not compromise for anything else.

When it was availed to me that I had free time, I chose to go to cooking school every day, six hours a day, like a diploma program. I wanted to learn something new.

Even when I'm not onstage singing, there's always music going on in my head. It's a curse and a blessing in a way - it's sitting in bed at night, trying to go to sleep, while the music keeps playing in your head - especially when you're trying to learn something new and you're trying to memorize it and get everything.

We learn best when we're intrinsically motivated - that is, when we try something new for the sheer enjoyment of the experience.

If I were not able anymore to come to the lab, that's retirement. Or if I had no more ideas of things. Every year, there's something new that comes along that's too exciting to quit.

All I ever wanted to do, personally, was bring something new to what I loved: the thing that I loved the most, the music that I loved the most.

Give me something new, and I'll do it with all my heart.