Quotes About Passion

I'm an addict. I've been one my whole life. Most of it was channeled in the right direction, whether it was playing basketball or working out. From the time I was little, my mom said I always needed to be entertained.

I did find my direction at an early age.

Acting and making music are quite complementary. Acting relies on someone else's writing and direction; writing music or lyrics doesn't. But they are both creative and personal in completely different ways.

What I'm having is this conflict in my life right now, that in New York, I see my directing friends and I see acting friends and they've all got this level of passion about either or both of those directions that I've never really found myself having.

My first album was full of ideas and attempts to go in all kinds of directions. I was young. I loved making music, but I didn't have a clear path. I also lacked in confidence.

Music for me has always been something that is directly connected to my heart.

I would do a sort of violence to myself if I didn't express myself in the directly creative ways of writing, both words and music.

Of course we all know when music's too much in the head, and we define our greatest players by the way they are able to communicate directly from their emotional selves.

I never wanted to be a director.

A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people.

If I weren't a director, I would want to be a film composer.

I wouldn't not want to be a director and write as I wouldn't not to want to be a writer and direct movies.

Directing, I just feel comfortable. I know what I want. I know what I want from my crew. I lead by example. I have limitless energy as a director.

For me, there was never an end game for becoming a director.

I need creative satisfaction and only then I can move in as a director.

And I think one way or another it's evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a friend, as somebody's there that's very anxious to get the movie made.

I get crushes on directors because they are so brilliant.

I guess I like a lot of directors. Or at least I try to.

Passion: It's what separates a singer from an entertainer. I hope I have passion for my music, my family, and my friends until they start shoveling dirt on my face.

I'm not a particularly ambitious actress. I love to go and do my work, head down in the dirt, and be the character.

Rock n' roll is dirty, and it's bad, and it's either clever or it's not clever.

I don't know how to make movies without getting my hands dirty.

We all know what my game is, to play hard. Not dirty, but play hard.

I'm not a dirty player. I love this game, and I'm playing hard.