Quotes About Passion

I had lost my way for some time, so I need to do things that I am happy with. It's not about being the number one heroine or money. It's about doing roles that I enjoy. My biggest ambition is happiness.

'The Nightmare Before Christmas' is my number one biggest influence artistically in every way.

I never played for numbers.

I was educated at a convent in Kent. It was run by Irish and French nuns. I mostly hated it but they did allow me to follow my passion for drama, writing plays, performing, and directing my works.

I was a very good nurse, but I burned out after eight years or so because it wasn't what I truly wanted to do. Writing is what I belong to.

My mum wanted me to be a doctor because she worked in nursing. So she was quite disappointed when I came back from a holiday in France, and said I wanted to be a chef.

Theater was always in the backdrop. Nursing was a way to pay the bills. I wasn't a nurse; I had a nursing agency.

Nurses don't get paid very much. It didn't take long to realize that I could make more as a writer. I loved nursing, but I loved writing more.

Find out what your gift is and nurture it.

I think if something's good and you believe in it, and you care about it, and you give it love and nurture it, it's going to happen.

That is part of the problem, that lack of belief in yourself because you don't see success around you. I guess that breeds defeatism, so yes there does need to be resources out there and support that will nurture talent that I believe is there, and passion that I know is there.

I went to middle school and high school, and my drama teacher, Ms. Cooper, basically nurtured me. It was always a part of my life, and my parents allowed it to be.

When you hire me, you hire a nut who is going to work 24 hours a day for you and never, ever burn his audience.

I'm a huge dog nut - giant, giant.

I'm a lifelong Disney nut.

I'm a history nut.

I'm a golf nut!

I'm a big Disneyland nut.

I was a comic book nut. For real. I still have a collection in my closet.

Childhood nutrition and healthy eating is a cause that is extremely close to my heart.

I was a science nerd. I have two science degrees. I enjoyed the sciences, nutrition, so I always modeled part time, thinking it would end.

There's that side of me that wants to be the loving, caring father, and there's the other side of me that's just a dirty animal. If I don't let that out, I go nuts.

I hate losing. It drives me nuts.

Any Michael Jackson song will make any dancer go nuts.