Quotes About Passion

To answer the question, though: I didn't always want to direct. I just liked the idea of it. If a friend was making a short and needed someone who knew screen direction, I would jump in. It would be horrible, but it led to a short, then another, and another. It was like student films.

It's actually really great to be a student and an actor, because I get to do this job that I love, then just when I think my head might explode, I get to go to school where they don't really care about what magazine cover I'm on.

I'm less desperate now to express what's inside me, that's true - I act these days because it keeps me awake and interested, an eternal student.

I'm happy to be helping people that are passionate about empowering parents for student learning.

Writing was not a childhood dream of mine. I do not recall longing to write as a student. I wasn't sure how to start.

You're a constant student, as a musician.

I was a film student. I became an actor, but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally.

I wasn't a good student in high school. I mean, I got through it, but unless it had something to do with music, it didn't really interest me.

I am acting at university, and I have really enjoyed doing student drama.

'Breathe In' was such a big deal for me. It was my first anything. Before that, I was going through 'Backstage Magazine' and applying for student films.

'We Will Rock You' is one of my favorite shows. I first saw it when I was a student at the Royal Academy and loved it.

Punk rock and skateboarding took the 'school' out of living your life, and I related to learning as I went, doing a lot of different things that I liked, when I liked. Consequently, I'm mediocre at all of the above, but still stoked on being a lifetime student of music, skating, painting, writing, etc.

Living in London as a student is tough. And my heart goes out to every single drama student in London because, as an actor, it's a creative process that you are taking on, and if you don't get to do it every day, it hurts.

I am a student of cinema, and I love filmmaking of all kinds.

Coaching is the great passion of my life, and the job to me has always been an opportunity to work with our student athletes and help them discover what they want.

I'm a student of cinema in general, not just of one particular genre. So it was very important to me and to my soul to go out and do something different.

I just thought acting would be something to help out with my student loans, but my first year as an actress, I made more money than my parents. That's when I realized it could turn into a career. After that, I put everything I had into it.

Being an artist is not easy - I have always said that to the students I have taught over the years. It's a huge sacrifice.

Students of Bharatanatyam or any other dance form, for that matter, are artistes first.

One works in one's laboratory - one's chaotic laboratory - with students and colleagues, doing what one most wants to do - then all this happens! It is overwhelming.

I went to Elon University and studied musical theater. I usually did two musicals a year, but I also did a couple of plays. That was sort of always where I felt the most relaxation.

Before I got into music, I studied sport and used to run for my county.

I read, studied, and learned everything I could find about aviation. It was my greatest desire to become a pilot. I could already picture myself in the cockpit of an airliner or in a military fighter plane. I felt deep in my heart this was my thing!

When I was a little girl I wanted to be a dancer. I studied ballet.