Quotes About Passion

For a while, I couldn't decide whether or not I should pursue singing in the opera or acting. And I'm glad that I chose the latter because I wasn't a very good singer.

If it's something that reaches out and grabs me, I want to do it. I have a lot of trouble doing things that don't grab me. So, I'm not a very good actor in that way. I can't fake it.

When you feel good about what youve written, there is just no high that is greater.

You have to go where the good writing is.

You'd better do what you feel good about doing. If we [try] to figure out what it is the audience wants and then try to deliver it to them, we're lost souls on the ghost ship forever.

I don't do all of this as an indulgence. I do it because I'm not a good enough actor to not do it.

You can't do a good job unless you're keen on it yourself.

I don't care about the money. I just need, as an actor, to do as many different things that I can to make me feel good about myself.

Basketball has brought me a lot of joy, brought me a lot of good things. Just that side of it has really affected me.

Conversely, I came to realize that being good at something is hardly a reason to avoid doing it.

I studied piano for many years, and I still play. I'm a complete amateur, and I wouldn't consider myself very good at all, but I enjoy it.

I've turned down good directors before because I knew the part didn't speak to me and I've worked with less talented directors before because the part I had such passion for.

I have been in the scholastic profession long enough to know that nobody enters it unless he has some very good reason that he is anxious to conceal.

Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.

Some of us have a relentless urge to attempt what we can never be good at and neglect our true calling.

French people do like good fighting, they like it better than anything.

As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That's the bottom line.

I would rather do really good French films than 'American Pie.'

Texas is a hotbed of insanely good bands and musicians.

I might cook occasionally, but I'm not a good cook. That's not my passion.

I always believe you can't kill good movies, because somebody's in some room and will die unless it gets made.

True, but if it's good it's going be so very, very good.

I loved movies. They inspired me more than anything growing up and wanted to do for others what those movies have done for me. I do a lot of other creative stuff but am not very good at it.

This is NOT a pretty good business. You cannot be pretty good and be a national headliner. That becomes the allure.