Quotes About Success

I was looking for something to make me happy, and once I realised what I actually had, then I found success.

My intent was to go to law school... And then what I realised quickly is what I wanted was to be on L.A. Law.

I know conventional wisdom has always been to go to Europe, and I did that early on, and I tried it, but I realised pretty quickly if I wasn't playing, nothing else mattered - I wasn't going to be happy.

I realised success as an actor alone wouldn't make me happy. I needed to explore my spiritual side in more depth.

It was when '21' came out. I was in Los Angeles and my face was everywhere: on buses, on posters, on the side of buildings. I didn't feel that blown away by it. I was still hungry to prove myself. I realised that quite quickly, that I had to find something that challenged me from an acting point of view.

When I was sent the script for 'Homeland,' I didn't think anything of it. Three months later, my manager rang and said: 'They are interested in you.' I read it and I realised, 'Yes, I do want this.' Then I got an email saying I'd got it.

I realised at a certain point that if I was going to have the kind of life that I fantasised about, I needed to get my act together.

Once I realised that my job as a model was to emote in front of the camera, I thought, 'Well now, I just have to add words, and I can do films.' But also, my success as a model made me more confident about becoming an actress because, just in case I failed, I thought, 'Well, you know, if I failed as an actress, I can do another job.'

Starting with a meagre amount of Rs 300 as a conductor, when I became an actor and started seeing huge moneys like Rs 3 or 4 lakhs, I thought I was 'an exclusive creation' by God, and he had made me like this. Later, I got the wisdom and realised that my time was good and things worked out! And I was also a normal human being like others.

What I've realised is that I'm happiest when I'm at work, as I am always preparing myself for when the opportunity arises.

I have realised that it has become essential to promote your film. God forbid, if a film doesn't run, I shouldn't be blamed for that.

Frankly speaking, during the making of 'Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety,' we never realised that the movie is going to be such a hit and that it will change our lives so much. There have been movies which have done really well at the box office, but rarely do we have movies where actors get so much love and adulation from their fans.

You dream about winning since a kid and when you get that first win it took some time to realise it. But once I realised it, it was so cool.

I realised at 13 or 14 when I said, OK, I wanted to be professional racing driver, there wasn't anyone to look up to that I could aspire to or get inspiration from. But that didn't stop me.

I never really thought about being a woman in a man's world. Then at the World Championships in 2000 I finished 15th. I was called on to the podium just for being a woman, and I realised things were going to be different.

I realised my whole focus each year is about the Tour de France.

In the last two World Cups, I realised that when you put a lot of pressure on yourself, it does not work.

People ask for autographs, and I wonder why before realising, 'Oh, that's right, I'm doing well in boxing.'

More girls are taking up sport and realising it's a legitimate option for them to forge a career.

I'm an eternal realist and the success rate for being an actor is pretty low.

The kind of theater that I do is sort of 'narrative realism,' which I think in the broadest sense is legitimate to say is mainstream. I mean, in a certain sense, Suzan-Lori's plays have had mainstream levels of success. But Suzan-Lori is in some ways not a narrative realist.

I always wanted to be the champion, and I had belief in myself that I could achieve it. But along the way, of course, you've also got to be a realist. You lose a couple of fights here and there, and you think maybe it's not going to happen.

Set realistic goals, keep re-evaluating, and be consistent.

I've always had this in some ways pessimistic and in some ways realistic idea that I'm the lowest rung on the ladder.