Quotes About Passion

When I was a kid I was the black sheep of the family because all my uncles and cousins were big Inter fans while I've always been Juve. In fact when I'm injured or suspended I'll be in the stands behind the goal when we're playing - in with the fans where I'm happiest.

For me to want to play the trumpet was a very, very odd thing for my clan as a whole. One of my uncles was a high school principal, and he referred to my trumpet as a bugle, which really hurt me.

Doing music to pay bills is an uncomfortable situation. I never wanted to be in that situation.

I've designed since I was 12. The first was when I skated to Carmen, in red and gold and black. I wanted so many frills at that time. It had a lot going on for a little person like me. And I picked out fabrics that didn't stretch. Very uncomfortable.

There was certain points shooting 'Spring Breakers' where I wasn't uncomfortable at all, and that let me be free. It allowed me to play with what I love, so that's what I wanted to do with my music.

Every now and then, I feel terribly uncomfortable with what I'm working on, and then I think maybe I am an artist. I'm not very articulate about it, but I do know that you have to follow your gut.

Nas has always been uncomfortable with being famous and accessible. Nas makes music because he loves music, not because he wants the trappings of music, such as fame.

I always just wanted to write and maybe direct. I'm really only interested in that. And yet the business that I'm in has forced me into being a salesman - that's the last thing that 17-year-old me would imagine I'd end up being. I'm uncomfortable trying to sell anything, but that's what you're doing every time you walk into a pitch.

I'm never uncomfortable with anything I do. I never feel like I regret anything. I love music, you know? All kinds of music.

There's no point doing a job where you're uncomfortable or doing something you dislike.

I wanted to write or direct more than I wanted to be in front of the camera. I still occasionally feel completely uncomfortable being looked at.

If you give anything less than 120% as an actor then you end up looking uncomfortable.

I always want to be somewhat uncomfortable. But at the same time I want to make music that you react to viscerally.

I think I can get a little passionate about things that I believe in and maybe that can be a little intense for people. And I think a lot of that stuff comes out of the need of wanting to belong, and being insecure and uncomfortable.

I always believed in the music we did and that's why it was uncompromising.

I play a lot of hard, uncompromising dance music; it can be anything from dance to rock to reggae.

I never questioned I would have any trouble doing what I wanted to do. I'm not talking about getting to a certain position - or to success. It was just that I knew I wanted to act, and that I would make my living that way. Having the unconditional support of your parents is really freeing.

Your first company is like your first baby.You have this unconditional, irrational love.

I love rocks with the unconditional love that you lavish upon a newborn baby.

Unconditional love with someone you've never met is a straightforward feeling that is so overwhelming and fulfilling.

There are few relationships that give as unconditionally as food. I have opened and shut down restaurants and slept on the streets, but I have always bounced back because my belief in the relationship has been strong.

Real obsession needs an unconscious motivation behind it.

You have to draw on your unconscious when you make a film - you can't worry about whether it's costing a lot of money.

Of everything I have done, 'The Archers' always gets the most excitement; there's a sort of uncontrollable joy from fans of the program.